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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,…
High7.2EPSS 0.43%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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 the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44797 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-7822 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-1142-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 48084 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2011:0581 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 44808 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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