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CVE-2010-2387· NVD / CVE Program· CNA oracle

vicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it

vicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it contains invalid UTF8 encoded characters, which might allow local users to gain privileges by reading the information from syslog logs.

LowCVSS 1.9 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Dec 21, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 42th percentile
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CVSS
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CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
gnomegnome display manager

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • gnome gnome display manager2.20.0
  • gnome gnome display manager2.20.1
  • gnome gnome display manager2.20.10
  • gnome gnome display manager2.20.2
  • gnome gnome display manager2.20.3
  • gnome gnome display manager2.20.4
  • gnome gnome display manager2.20.5
  • gnome gnome display manager2.20.6
  • gnome gnome display manager2.20.7
  • gnome gnome display manager2.20.8
  • gnome gnome display manager2.20.9

Same product

gnome: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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  • CVE-2015-7496GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2020-16125gdm3 would start gnome-initial-setup if it cannot contact accountservice
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2013-4169GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X1
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2020-27837A flaw was found in GDM in versions prior to 3.38.2.1.
    25Monitor
  • CVE-2019-3825A vulnerability was discovered in gdm before 3.31.4.
    25Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

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Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02022-04-23

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+3410 d
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+5032 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    none
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-255 · Credentials Management Errors

    CVSS vector

    AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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