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CVE-2011-1709 json

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, whic…

published 2011-06-14 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1709

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gdm openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.22.1-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10412-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1709 updated cvss 4.0

gdm: URI scheme handling change in glib2 allows running default browser in GDM session

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 gdm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gdm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gdm, gdm-libs, gdm-plugin-smartcard, gdm-plugin-fingerprint, gdm-user-switch-applet
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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