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CVE-2011-1709

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of th

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00055
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
gnome gdmall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.2
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD14 Jun 2011 · 05:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10412-1
usnUSN-1142-1
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08dPatch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44797Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44808
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084
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