Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-2452

Title: Gnome Gdm

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-2452.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jun 09, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 3.7 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.36%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-2452: GNOME GDM 2.8, 2.12, 2.14, and 2.15, when the "face browser" feature is enabled, allows local users to access the "Configure Login Manager" functionality using their own password instead of the root password, which can be leveraged to gain additional privileges.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343476 http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0003.html http://secunia.com/advisories/20532 http://secunia.com/advisories/20552 http://secunia.com/advisories/20587 http://secunia.com/advisories/20627 http://secunia.com/advisories/20636 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-14.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:100 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436428 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18332 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2239 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27018 https://usn.ubuntu.com/293-1/ http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343476 http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0003.html http://secunia.com/advisories/20532 http://secunia.com/advisories/20552 http://secunia.com/advisories/20587 http://secunia.com/advisories/20627 http://secunia.com/advisories/20636 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-14.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:100 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436428 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18332 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2239 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27018 https://usn.ubuntu.com/293-1/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

3.7

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-2452 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 09, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.