CVE-2010-0414

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    CVE-2010-0414

    Published: 11 Feb 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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.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://www.osvdb.org/62219, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38149

    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