High 7.2Published Jun 14, 2011

CVE-2011-1709GNOME 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 involvin…

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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.

CVSS: 7.2 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

gnome gdm gnome:gdm	1.0; 2.0; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 2.6; 2.8; and 21 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d	patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44797	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44808
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139	patch
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655

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