CVE-2011-0727
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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/.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0741)
- Published
- March 31, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0741 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43714(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43854(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44021
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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