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    CVE-2007-6389

    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.

    Published:Dec 12, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 17, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.00078
    CVSS Score:2.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnome
    Product
    Screensaver

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2012-3452 (CVSS 3.3) — gnome-screensaver 3.4.x before 3.4.4 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, when multiple screens are used, only locks the sc…
    CVE-2010-0422 (CVSS 4) — gnome-screensaver 2.28.x before 2.28.3 does not properly synchronize the state of screen locking and the unloc…
    CVE-2009-4642 (CVSS 7.2) — gnome-screensaver 2.26.1 relies on the gnome-session D-Bus interface to determine session idle time, even when…
    CVE-2010-0414 (CVSS 7.2) — gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an u…
    CVE-2009-4641 (CVSS 7.2) — gnome-screensaver 2.28.0 does not resume adherence to its activation settings after an inhibiting application …
    CVE-2010-0732 (CVSS 6.2) — gdk/gdkwindow.c in GTK+ before 2.18.5, as used in gnome-screensaver before 2.28.1, performs implicit paints on…
    CVE-2010-0285 (CVSS 5.6) — 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 scre…
    CVE-2008-0887 (CVSS 4.7) — gnome-screensaver before 2.22.1, when a remote authentication server is enabled, crashes upon an unlock attemp…
    CVE-2007-3920 (CVSS 6.2) — GNOME screensaver 2.20 in Ubuntu 7.10, when used with Compiz, does not properly reserve input focus, which all…
    CVE-2006-1335 (CVSS 3.7) — gnome screensaver before 2.14, when running on an X server with AllowDeactivateGrabs and AllowClosedownGrabs e…

    References

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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High