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Status published
Medium
CVE-2017-12164
A flaw was discovered in gdm 3.24.1 where gdm greeter...
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was discovered in gdm 3.24.1 where gdm greeter was no longer setting the ran_once boolean during autologin. If autologin was enabled for a victim, an attacker could simply select 'login as another user' to unlock their screen.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
GNOME
View all reports →Affected Software
gdm
Vulnerable Versions:
3.24.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 26th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.