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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
gdm3Debian
Fixed in:3.26.0-1CVE-2017-12164
Fixed in:3.26.0-1CVE-2017-12164
Fixed in:3.26.0-1CVE-2017-12164
Fixed in:3.26.0-1CVE-2017-12164

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

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
30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

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