4.7
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-0887

Published: 06/04/2008 Updated: 29/09/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.7 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 418
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

gnome-screensaver prior to 2.22.1, when a remote authentication server is enabled, crashes upon an unlock attempt during a network outage, which allows physically proximate malicious users to gain access to the locked session, a related issue to CVE-2007-1859.

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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) ...