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    CVE-2010-0414

    gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor.

    Published:Feb 8, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Feb 11, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.00053
    CVSS Score:7.2

    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-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-2007-6389 (CVSS 2.1) — The notify feature in GNOME screensaver (gnome-screensaver) 2.20.0 might allow local users to read the clipboa…
    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://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.2.news
    http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=a5f66339be6719c2b8fc478a1d5fc6545297d950
    http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=dcca89b7ab6e1220815af38da246434b2e13fd9f
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034904.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38468
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38532
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38534
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040
    http://www.osvdb.org/62219
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38149
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-898-1
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609337
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562217
    http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.2.news
    http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=a5f66339be6719c2b8fc478a1d5fc6545297d950
    http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=dcca89b7ab6e1220815af38da246434b2e13fd9f
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034904.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38468
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38532
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38534
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040
    http://www.osvdb.org/62219
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38149
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-898-1
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609337
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562217

    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