CVE-2017-12164
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.1 Medium
- Published
- Jul 26, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 1, 2017
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 4.1 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
gdmGNOME |
|
References
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