CVE-2017-12164

2018-07-2616:00:00

CWE-592

redhat

www.cve.org

4.1 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

33.3%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "gdm",
    "vendor": "GNOME",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.24.1"
      }
    ]
  }
]