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CVE-2017-12164

Published: Jul 26, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-592
4.1MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 68.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:PAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:PAttack Vector
Physical
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-592CWE-665

Affected Products

GNOME
oss-project·USaka glib, gnome project
gnome display managerOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software
gdmOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / productivity

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12164
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/commit/ff98b28
gitlab.gnome.org

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