CVE-2020-16125 - log back

CVE-2020-16125 edited at 04 Nov 2020 13:34:36
Severity
- Unknown
+ High
Remote
- Unknown
+ Local
Type
- Unknown
+ Privilege escalation
Description
+ gdm before 3.38.2 can be tricked into launching gnome-initial-setup, enabling an unprivileged user to create a new user account for themselves. The new account is a member of the sudo group, so this enables the unprivileged user to obtain admin privileges.
References
+ https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/issues/642
Notes
CVE-2020-16125 created at 04 Nov 2020 13:33:19