CVE-2013-7374 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2013-7374?

CVE-2013-7374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 1 May 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Ubuntu Date and Time Indicator (aka indicator-datetime) 13.10.0+13.10.x before 13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1.1 does not properly restrict access to Evolution, which allows local users to bypass the greeter screen restrictions by clicking the date.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7374?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7374?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2013-7374 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7374 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xc86-4263-5hwg, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7374.