# CVE-2018-13054: An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-02 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of (for example) other users' icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067
- https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.html

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