Vulnerability in GNOME Gdm
CVE-2003-0547
GDM before 2.4.1.6, when using the "examine session errors" feature, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the ~/.xsession-errors file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNOME Gdm — versions 2.4.1, 2.4.1.1, 2.4.1.2
- Red Hat Kdebase — versions 2.4.0.7.13, 2.4.1.3.5
References
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-258.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:112 (signature, vdb-entry)
- mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)