VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-1620
slock 0.9 does not properly handle the XRaiseWindow event when the screen is locked, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by pressing a button, which reveals the desktop and active windows.
LOW 3.6EPSS 0.51%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
slock 0.9 does not properly handle the XRaiseWindow event when the screen is locked, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by pressing a button, which reveals the desktop and active windows.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.51% probability · 42th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- suckless/slock
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://hg.suckless.org/slock/rev/891a4984aba6Exploit, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48700Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/1Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/2
- http://www.osvdb.org/81035
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52922
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401645Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786310
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74666
- http://hg.suckless.org/slock/rev/891a4984aba6Exploit, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48700Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/1Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/2
- http://www.osvdb.org/81035
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52922
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401645Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786310
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74666
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.