Bug#580629: gdm3 - allows unauthenticated users to change power configuration

Bastian Blank waldi at debian.org
Sat Jun 12 11:20:18 UTC 2010


On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 10:44:51AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> The power manager daemon is launched, but that doesn’t give you access
> to the properties.
> Could you explain exactly how you would exploit that?

Start a new greeter (available via several locations), modify the power
management settings (suspend on lid close for example), close the lid.

Bastian

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