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CVE-2017-12164

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.

Published

2018-07-26T16:29:00.327

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:08:57.803

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 4.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-592
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-665
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application gnome gnome_display_manager 3.24.1 Yes
References