CVE-2011-0727
N/A
Published: March 31, 2011 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGdm
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (20)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.newsVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43714Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43854Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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