CVE-2014-7271
Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to log in as user "sddm" without authentication.
02 Description
Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to log in as user "sddm" without authentication.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-03-08 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 12:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7d4b0c0af7adcbdae03f7dd3be12aefcbc3dd8168b535dbdbbb7edcbb1b9dc24
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com70767http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70767
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsddm-cve20147271-sec-bypass(98421)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98421
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149608
- github.comhttps://github.com/sddm/sddm/pull/279/files
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-12442http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141550.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-12308http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141494.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.10.0-Release-Announcement
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141006 Re: various sddm vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/06/4
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sddm Fixed in 0.11.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sddm Fixed in 0.11.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sddm Fixed in 0.11.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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