CVE-2011-1709

high

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.

References

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084

http://secunia.com/advisories/44808

http://secunia.com/advisories/44797

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-06-14

Updated: 2011-09-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H