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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2017-12164

VendorgnomeProductgnome display managerDiscoveredJul 26, 2018UpdatedNov 21, 2024

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.

CVSS v3.1
4.1 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.39%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorPHYSICAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityLOW
IntegrityLOW
AvailabilityLOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Connections
2 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Jul 26, 2018
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024