Vulnerability CVE-2006-1335
Published: 2006-03-20   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
gnome screensaver before 2.14, when running on an X server with AllowDeactivateGrabs and AllowClosedownGrabs enabled, allows attackers with physical access to cause the screensaver to crash and access the session via the Ctl+Alt+Keypad-Multiply keyboard sequence, which removes the grab from gnome.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.7/10
6.4/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Gnome -> Screensaver 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/25340
http://www.osvdb.org/24015
http://secunia.com/advisories/19280
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326663
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