CVE-2009-4642

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    CVE-2009-4642

    Published: 11 Feb 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: gnome-screensaver 2.26.1 relies on the gnome-session D-Bus interface to determine session idle time, even when an Xfce desktop such as Xubuntu or Mythbuntu is used, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended.

    References: http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5927, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592093, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536381, https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350, https://launchpad.net/bugs/493573

    Affected packages

    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