Name: CVE-2017-12164: DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-12164, CWE-592, CWE-665, CVSS 4.1, EPSS 0.00136

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade gdm3	Jul 30, 2024	Jul 26, 2018
Suse	—	Upgrade gdm-langUpgrade typelib-1_0-Gdm-1_0Upgrade gdmflexiserverUpgrade gdm-systemdUpgrade gdmUpgrade libgdm1Upgrade gdm-devel	May 20, 2018	May 20, 2018
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade gdm3	Nov 19, 2024	Jul 26, 2018

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CVSS Details

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