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CVE-2006-1057

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
25/04/2006
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.70 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
3.70
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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