Unscored severity · published Nov 24, 2015
CVE-2015-7496
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key
–
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
23 · source: NVD
GD
Gnome Display Manager · Gnome
through 3.18.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7496
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7496
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172328.html
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/10
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/8
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2128
bugzilla.gnome.org
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758032
Patch
https://download.gnome.org/sources/gdm/3.18/gdm-3.18.2.news
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