CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-2452

3.7 LOW Published 2006-06-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-06-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.7 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

GNOME GDM 2.8, 2.12, 2.14, and 2.15, when the "face browser" feature is enabled, allows local users to access the "Configure Login Manager" functionality using their own password instead of the root password, which can be leveraged to gain additional privileges.

Affected configurations

• gnome gdm 2.8 • gnome gdm 2.12 • gnome gdm 2.14 • gnome gdm 2.15

References