MEDIUM
gdm: privilege escalation vulnerability
Published Mar 31, 2011
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
GNOME 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/.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.0
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.8
- 2.13
- 2.14
- 2.15
- 2.16
- 2.17
- 2.18
- 2.19
- 2.20
- 2.21
- 2.22
- 2.23
- 2.24
- 2.25
- 2.26
- 2.27
- 2.28
- 2.29
- 2.30
- 2.31
- 2.32
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0395
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
gdm
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
gdm
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | gdm-1:2.30.4-21.el6_0.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0395 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | gdm | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | gdm | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.38% 0.00376
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00376
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 29.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 29.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 10.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (23)
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43714 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43854 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44021 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0727 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0727
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0727
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner canonical
Published Mar 31, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 1, 2011
Link CVE-2011-0727
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a