Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in GNOME Display Manager by GNOME
CVE-2011-1709

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Gnome
Status: Gdm
Vendor: CVE Published:; 14 June 2011

What is CVE-2011-1709?

An issue in GNOME Display Manager prior to version 2.32.2, when using glib version 2.28, permits local users to execute a web browser with the UID of the gdm account. This misconfiguration can be exploited through vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type, potentially allowing unauthorized access to higher privileges.

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