CVE-2011-0727 in gdm

Summary

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.

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• Reservation: 02/01/2011
• Disclosure: 03/31/2011
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-59 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.4
• EPSS: 0.00064
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0727
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0727
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-0727/