Vulnerability CVE-2006-2452
Published: 2006-06-09   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
GNOME GDM 2.8, 2.12, 2.14, and 2.15, when the "face browser" feature is enabled, allows local users to access the "Configure Login Manager" functionality using their own password instead of the root password, which can be leveraged to gain additional privileges.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.7/10
6.4/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Gnome -> GDM 

 References:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343476
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0003.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-14.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:100
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436428
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18332
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2239
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27018
https://usn.ubuntu.com/293-1/
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