VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8025
driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by hot swapping monitors.
LOW 2.1EPSS 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
driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by hot swapping monitors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.51% probability · 42th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · xscreensaver project/xscreensaver
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00102.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3438
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/24/2Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/12
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034052
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2789-1
- https://twitter.com/Thaolia/status/656823859304398848
- https://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/10/xscreensaver-5-34/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00102.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3438
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/24/2Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/12
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034052
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2789-1
- https://twitter.com/Thaolia/status/656823859304398848
- https://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/10/xscreensaver-5-34/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.