6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
8.3%
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news
mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html
secunia.com/advisories/43714
secunia.com/advisories/43854
secunia.com/advisories/44021
securitytracker.com/id?1025264
www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html