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CVE-2017-12164
Published: Jul 26, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
CVSS v3.0
4.1
MEDIUM
Description
A flaw was discovered in gdm 3.24.1 where gdm greeter was no longer setting the ran_once boolean during autologin. If autologin was enabled for a victim, an attacker could simply select 'login as another user' to unlock their screen.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
GNOME | gdm | affected 3.24.1 |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.0 Details
CVSS v3.0 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
References
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/commit/ff98b28
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12164
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