{"cve":"CVE-2017-12164","nvd":{"published":"2018-07-26T16:29:00.327","modified":"2026-06-17T01:02:48.210","status":"Modified","description":"A flaw was discovered in gdm 3.24.1 where gdm greeter was no longer setting the ran_once boolean during autologin. If autologin was enabled for a victim, an attacker could simply select 'login as another user' to unlock their screen.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":6.4},"cwes":["CWE-665","CWE-592"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12164","https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/commit/ff98b28","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12164","https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/commit/ff98b28"],"products":["gnome:gnome_display_manager"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:52:03.425131697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-12164","score":0.00385,"percentile":0.32642,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}