CVE-2017-12164
6.4
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.14%
Description
A flaw was discovered in gdm 3.24.1 where gdm greeter was no longer setting the ran_once boolean during autologin. If autologin was enabled for a victim, an attacker could simply select 'login as another user' to unlock their screen.
How to fix CVE-2017-12164
To remediate CVE-2017-12164, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gdm3—upgrade to 3.26.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-12164 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.26.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |