CVE-2009-4641
gnome-screensaver 2.28.0 does not resume adherence to its activation settings after an inhibiting application becomes unavailable on the session bus, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
gnome-screensaver 2.28.0 does not resume adherence to its activation settings after an inhibiting application becomes unavailable on the session bus, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnome/screensaver
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-866-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600488Patch
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-866-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600488Patch
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.