CVE-2011-0727
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/.
02 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/.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-03-31 22:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-02-01
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- aa6aa2f1260c73b196eb0fde84ca7a7b2c1896e2b9ba95e0e701804a460f0cd5
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1099-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1
- secunia.com43714http://secunia.com/advisories/43714
- securitytracker.com1025264http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-4351http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html
- secunia.com43854http://secunia.com/advisories/43854
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0847http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0787http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdisplay-manager-priv-escalation(66377)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0911http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:070http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070
- www.debian.orgDSA-2205http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0395http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html
- www.securityfocus.com47063http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0786http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786
- mail.gnome.org[gdm-list] 20110328 GDM 2.32.1 releasedhttp://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323
- ftp.gnome.orghttp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news
- secunia.com44021http://secunia.com/advisories/44021
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-4335http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0797http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gdm3 Fixed in 2.30.5-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gdm3 Fixed in 2.30.5-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gdm3 Fixed in 2.30.5-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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