{"id":"CVE-2010-2387","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-2387","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:32.093Z","title":"vicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it contains invalid UTF8 encoded characters, which might allow local users to gain privileges by reading the…","description":"vicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it contains invalid UTF8 encoded characters, which might allow local users to gain privileges by reading the information from syslog logs.","published":"2012-12-21T05:46:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:20:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert_us@oracle.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":1.9,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-255"],"affected":["gnome/gnome display manager"],"epss":{"score":0.00524,"percentile":0.44211,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.11.changes","source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/40690","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/40780","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.auscert.org.au/13123","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/66643","source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2010_2387_password_disclosure","source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571846","source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60642","source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.11.changes","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/40690","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/40780","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.auscert.org.au/13123","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/66643","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2010_2387_password_disclosure","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571846","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60642","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2387","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}