CVE-2017-12164
MEDIUM
4.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 26, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGnome Display Manager
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Severity
MEDIUM4.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12164x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/commit/ff98b28CVSS
4.1MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- PHYSICAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-592CWE-665
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