VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-0414
gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnome/screensaver
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.2.news
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=a5f66339be6719c2b8fc478a1d5fc6545297d950
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=dcca89b7ab6e1220815af38da246434b2e13fd9f
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034904.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38468Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38534Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040
- http://www.osvdb.org/62219
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38149
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-898-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609337
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562217
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.2.news
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=a5f66339be6719c2b8fc478a1d5fc6545297d950
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=dcca89b7ab6e1220815af38da246434b2e13fd9f
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034904.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38468Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38534Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040
- http://www.osvdb.org/62219
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38149
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-898-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609337
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562217
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.