Bypassing Lock Screen in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) by Holding Escape Key

Bypassing Lock Screen in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) by Holding Escape Key

CVE-2015-7496 · HIGH Severity

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

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.

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