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HistoryMay 31, 2011 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2011-1709

2011-05-3100:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
5

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

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.

Notes

Author Note
jdstrand Ubuntu 11.04 is affected, but requires a non-standard polickit configuration
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu11.04noarchgdm< 2.32.1-0ubuntu3.2UNKNOWN

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%