CVE-2011-0727 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) versions 2.x prior to 2.32.1. An attacker can exploit this flaw by using a symlink attack on dmrc or face icon files within /var/cache/gdm/, allowing them to change the ownership of arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with medium attack complexity and requiring local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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