Symlink Attack Vulnerability in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x

CVE-2011-0727 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.

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