CVE-2017-15131

gnome-session: Xsession creation of XDG user directories does not honor system umask policy

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 12, 2017

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

It was found that the system umask policy is not being honored when creating XDG user directories (~/Desktop etc) on first login. This could lead to user's files being inadvertently exposed to other local users.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment