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CVE-2011-1709 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news	CVE
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d	CVE	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44797	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44808	CVE
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1	CVE
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news	[email protected]
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d	[email protected]	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709139	[email protected]	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44797	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44808	[email protected]
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48084	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1142-1	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnome gdm	1.0 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.24:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.25:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.26:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.27:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.28:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.29:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.30:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.31:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.32:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.32.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
gnome glib	2.28
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:2.28:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 14, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]