3.7

CVE-2006-1057: gnome gdm Race Condition

CVSS: 3.7v2.0LowModified
AliasesRHSA-2007:0286DSA-1040-1
Published 25-04-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-1057 is a low (CVSS 3.7) Race Condition vulnerability in gnome gdm. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
15/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.7/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-04-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Race condition in daemon/slave.c in gdm before 2.14.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack when gdm performs chown and chgrp operations on the .ICEauthority file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.27% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat2 products
  • gdm< 1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15
  • gdm-debuginfo< 1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15
Debian1 product
  • gdm< 2.6.0.8-1sarge2
Gnome1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

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