01 Record
CVE-2011-1709
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving
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
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.1% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2011-06-14 17:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-04-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4da5cdba6fbf01f447e07ce08a11534c7e92f1453ee5ee4ec8fbf4e28b558e4d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- ftp.gnome.orghttp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news
- git.gnome.orghttp://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d
- secunia.com44797http://secunia.com/advisories/44797
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-7822http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1142-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1
- www.securityfocus.com48084http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2011:0581https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655
- secunia.com44808http://secunia.com/advisories/44808
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139