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CVE-2011-1709

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CVE-2011-1709

Published: Jun 14, 2011

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

n/a

affected
n/a

References

44797
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
FEDORA-2011-7822
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
USN-1142-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
48084
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
openSUSE-SU-2011:0581
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
44808
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA

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