CVE-2017-12164: GNOME gdm vulnerability
GNOME · gdm
Affected: GNOME gdm · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 33% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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 products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- GNOME · gdm3.24.1
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Weakness
- CWE-592 · Authentication
- Vendor
- GNOME
- Published
- July 2018
CoverageNo articles yet
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