Is CVE-2017-12164 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-12164 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-12164?

CVE-2017-12164 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-12164?

CVE-2017-12164 has an EPSS score of 0.39% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12164?

Upgrade gdm3 on debian 11 to 3.26.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-12164

MEDIUM

4.1

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-592 CWE-665

How to fix

Remediation Available

gdm3Debian

Fixed in:3.26.0-1CVE-2017-12164

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorPhysical

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-592 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2018-10933	Critical	9.1	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-8371	High	7.3	11%	-	-
CVE-2018-14643	Critical	9.8	6.0%	-	-
CVE-2016-8616	Low	3.7	3.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-5432	Critical	9.8	2.6%	-	-
CVE-2018-1085	Critical	9.0	2.2%	-	Fix

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