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    CVE-2020-16125

    gdm3 versions before 3.36.2 or 3.38.2 would start gnome-initial-setup if gdm3 can't contact the accountservice service via dbus in a timely manner; on Ubuntu (and potentially derivatives) this could be be chained with an additional issue that could allow a local user to create a new privileged account.

    Published:Nov 10, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Nov 10, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.17564
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnome
    Product
    Gnome Display Manager
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/issues/642https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-202-gdm3-LPE-unresponsive-accounts-daemonhttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/issues/642https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-202-gdm3-LPE-unresponsive-accounts-daemonhttps://github.com/za970120604/CVE-2020-16125-Reproduction

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High