Vulnerability CVE-2009-4642


Published: 2010-02-11   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
gnome-screensaver 2.26.1 relies on the gnome-session D-Bus interface to determine session idle time, even when an Xfce desktop such as Xubuntu or Mythbuntu is used, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended.

Type:

CWE-Other

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Gnome -> Screensaver 

 References:
https://launchpad.net/bugs/493573
https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592093
http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5927
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536381

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