VDB
CVE-2006-2452
CVE-2006-2452
PUBLISHED
CVSS 3.700000047683716 LOW
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.
EPSS 0.36% · 29.5th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
3.700000047683716
EPSS Score
0.36%
29.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| gnome | gdm | 2.8, 2.12, 2.14 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Jun 9, 2006 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 14, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 20627 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-2239 vdb
- USN-293-1 vendor-advisory
- 20060608 rPSA-2006-0098-1 gdm mailing-list
- gdm-facebrowser-security-bypass(27018) vdb
- MDKSA-2006:100 vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2452 advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/293-1 url
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0003.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20532 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20636 url
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-14.xml url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20552 technical
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18332 technical
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343476 technical
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20587 technical