gdm3 versions before 3.36.2 or 3.38.2 would start gnome-initial-setup if gdm3 can't contact the accountservice service via dbus in a timely manner; on Ubuntu (and potentially derivatives) this could be be chained with an additional issue that could allow a local user to create a new privileged account.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1900314 | Third Party Advisory |
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/issues/642 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-202-gdm3-LPE-unresponsive-accounts-daemon | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published: 2020-11-06T00:00:00
Updated: 2020-11-10T04:20:13
Reserved: 2020-07-29T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-16125
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-11-10T05:15:11.893
Modified: 2020-11-24T18:12:02.827
Link: CVE-2020-16125
JSON object: View
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CWE