CVE-2003-0547 describes a local file disclosure vulnerability in GDM versions prior to 2.4.1.6, affecting Gnome and Red Hat GDM/KDEbase products. This flaw allows a local attacker to read arbitrary files by exploiting a symlink attack on the ~/.xsession-errors file when the "examine session errors" feature is used. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating local access and low attack complexity are required for a partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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