VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-7221
The automatic screen lock functionality in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.10 does not prevent access to the "Enter a Command" dialog, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended…
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The automatic screen lock functionality in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.10 does not prevent access to the "Enter a Command" dialog, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- gnome/gnome-shell
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/8
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708313
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/js/ui/main.js?id=efdf1ff755943fba1f8a9aaeff77daa3ed338088
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/8
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708313
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/js/ui/main.js?id=efdf1ff755943fba1f8a9aaeff77daa3ed338088
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.