CVE-2017-12164
4.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNOME | gdm | 3.24.1 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-592: CWE-592
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/commit/ff98b28
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12164
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/commit/ff98b28
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12164
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