CVE-2008-6514

Published: 24/03/2009 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 1.9

VMScore: 552

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

The Expo plugin in Compiz Fusion 0.7.8 allows local users with physical access to drag the screen saver aside and access the locked desktop by using Expo mouse shortcuts, a related issue to CVE-2007-3920.

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It was discovered that the Expo plugin for Compiz did not correctly restrict the screensaver window from being moved with the mouse A local attacker could use the mouse to move the screensaver off the screen and gain access to the locked desktop session underneath Default installs of Ubuntu were not vulnerable as Expo does not come pre-configure ...

CWE-264 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz-fusion-plugins-main/+bug/247088 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561567 http://secunia.com/advisories/33077 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32712 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00860.html http://secunia.com/advisories/34465 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00878.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47172 http://gitweb.compiz-fusion.org/?p=fusion/plugins/expo%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f97a9fa6f0ad578f674d1f248bd7bef90e3260e0 https://usn.ubuntu.com/688-1/https://nvd.nist.gov

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