Published: 17/12/2007 Updated: 31/10/2012

CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 187

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The notify feature in GNOME screensaver (gnome-screensaver) 2.20.0 might allow local users to read the clipboard contents and X selection data for a locked session by using ctrl-V.

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It was discovered that the notify feature in gnome-screensaver could let a local attacker read the clipboard contents of a locked session by using Ctrl-V (CVE-2007-6389) ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503005 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=421461 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=455484 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/146862 http://secunia.com/advisories/29595 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00020.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00078.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29666 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30096 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:135 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482159 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1 http://secunia.com/advisories/32691 https://usn.ubuntu.com/669-1/https://nvd.nist.gov

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