Published: 24/02/2010 Updated: 17/08/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.6 | Impact Score: 9.2 | Exploitability Score: 1.9

VMScore: 498

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

gnome-screensaver 2.14.3, 2.22.2, 2.27.x, 2.28.0, and 2.28.3, when the X configuration enables the extend screen option, allows physically proximate malicious users to bypass screen locking, access an unattended workstation, and view half of the GNOME desktop by attaching an external monitor.

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gnome screensaver 2.28.0
gnome screensaver 2.28.3
gnome screensaver 2.22.2
gnome screensaver 2.27
gnome screensaver 2.14.3

It was discovered that gnome-screensaver did not correctly lock all screens when monitors get hotplugged An attacker with physical access could use this flaw to gain access to a locked session (CVE-2010-0285) ...

NVD-CWE-Other https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557525 http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0285 http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=2f597ea9f1f363277fd4dfc109fa41bbc6225aca https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593616 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38254 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:093 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56366 https://usn.ubuntu.com/907-1/https://nvd.nist.gov

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