CVE-2006-1057 describes a race condition vulnerability in the gdm display manager, specifically in versions prior to 2.14.1, affecting the gnome gdm product. This flaw allows local users to elevate their privileges through a symlink attack during gdm's chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file. With a CVSS score of 3.7, exploitation requires local access and high attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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