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CVE-2011-1709

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
14/06/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type.

Impact

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

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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