CVE-2017-12164
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12164
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12164.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-12164
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-07-26T16:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-22T02:47:41Z
- Severity
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- 6.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
Affected packages
Git / gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/gdm
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/gdm
- Events
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IntroducedLast AffectedFixed
- Database specific
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{ "extracted_events": [ { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:3.24.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "3.24.1" }, { "last_affected": "3.24.1" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "range": [ { "fixed": "ff98b28" } ], "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT" } ] }