DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12164

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CVE-2017-12164
Published: 26 Jul 2018, 16:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 01:19

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.4 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Jul 2018, 16:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 01:19
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.4CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•gdm3

    < 3.26.0-1 | < 3.26.0-1 | < 3.26.0-1 | < 3.26.0-1

References (1)