CVE-2017-12164

Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 4.1

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.

Published 2018-07-26 · CVE record · OSV

Products: gnome gdm

Distro releases