CVEs-PoC/2012/CVE-2012-0871.md

### [CVE-2012-0871](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0871)
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### Description

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/.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/blackberry/UBCIS
- https://github.com/c-skills/CVEs