When was CVE-2012-0871 disclosed?

CVE-2012-0871 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 18, 2014, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2012-0871 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-0871 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 30.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2012-0871?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-0871, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2012-0871

NONENVD 0.0

0.0

The session_link_x11_socket function in login/logind-session.c in systemd-logind in systemd, possibly 37 and earlier, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the X11 user directory in /run/user/.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 30.8%
KEV: Not listed

References (10)

secalert@redhathttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=fc3c1c6e091ea16ad5600b145201ec535bbb5d7c
secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00030.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.osvdb.org/79768
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747154
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795853
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=fc3c1c6e091ea16ad5600b145201ec535bbb5d7c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00030.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/79768
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747154
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795853

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