CVE-2017-12164

MediumCVSS 6.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A flaw was discovered in gdm 3.24.1 where gdm greeter was no longer setting the ran_once boolean during autologin. If autologin was enabled for a victim, an attacker could simply select 'login as another user' to unlock their screen.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.4/10CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 26, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-12164: Medium severity, CVSS 6.4 | Vulnix