CVE-2011-1709
highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.004 · 37 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2
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affected products (30)
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references (24)
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- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.newscnnvd
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08dcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44797cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44808cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139cnnvd
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.newsenisa_euvd
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08denisa_euvd
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