CVE-2011-1709
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) MIME Handler Privilege Escalation
Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type.
INFO
Published Date :
June 14, 2011, 5:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:26 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2011-1709
vulnerability.
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products
that
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affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2011-1709.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2011-1709 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2011-1709 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news Added Reference http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/44797 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/44808 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139 Added Reference https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 14, 2011
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-1709 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-1709
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile