CVE-2011-0727

gdm: privilege escalation vulnerability

Published Mar 31, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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/.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2205-1 gdm3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0741 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/.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1099-1 GDM vulnerability
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:05 PM
Reserved
Feb 1, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 31, 2011, 10:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:27 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Mar 28, 2011, 12:00 AM