CVE-2011-1709

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-06-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

GNOME gdm: 1.0, 2.0, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 (+23)

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
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44797
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
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8643655
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.2.news
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=d13dd72531599ab7e4c747db3b58a8c17753e08d
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061264.html

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