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
9.4%
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/.
Author | Note |
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sbeattie | hardy’s gdm does not contain the relevant code. |