CVE-2011-0727

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0727
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-31 22:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionGNOME 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/.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gdm 2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.13 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.15 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.17 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.18 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.19 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.20 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.21 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.22 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.23 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.24 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.25 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.26 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.27 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.28 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.29 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.30 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.31 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.32 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.6 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
USN-1099-1: GDM vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:070 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Bug 688323 – CVE-2011-0727 gdm: privilege escalation vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: gdm-2.32.1-2.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
GNOME Display Manager Cache Files Handling Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
GNOME Display Manager Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnome.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: gdm-2.30.2-2.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Fedora update for gdm - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
GNOME Display Manager Cache Directory Symlink Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian update for gdm3 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[gdm-list] GDM 2.32.1 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.gnome.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2205-1 gdm3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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