CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-12164

6.4 MEDIUM Published 2018-07-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2018-07-26
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected]): 4.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected]): 6.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-592, CWE-665

Description

A flaw was discovered in gdm 3.24.1 where gdm greeter was no longer setting the ran_once boolean during autologin. If autologin was enabled for a victim, an attacker could simply select 'login as another user' to unlock their screen.

Affected configurations

• gnome gnome display manager 3.24.1

Weakness · not in database (1)

CWE-592

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness

References