CVE-2010-2387
lowpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.005 · 44 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
vicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it contains invalid UTF8 encoded characters, which might allow local users to gain privileges by reading the information from syslog logs.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- LogSec/CVE-2010-2387LogSec/CVE-2010-2387PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (12)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (24)
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- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.11.changescnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40690cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40780cnnvd
- http://www.auscert.org.au/13123cnnvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/66643cnnvd
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/60642cnnvd
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2010_2387_password_disclosurecnnvd
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571846cnnvd
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