CVE-2015-7496

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172328.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/8
https://download.gnome.org/sources/gdm/3.18/gdm-3.18.2.news	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/10
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758032
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2128

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2015-11-24 12:59

Updated : 2018-01-04 18:30

NVD link : CVE-2015-7496

Mitre link : CVE-2015-7496

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

gnome

gnome_display_manager

fedoraproject

fedora

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