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CVE-2009-4642

N/A
Published: February 11, 2010 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorScreensaver

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (5)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536381
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5927
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592093
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://launchpad.net/bugs/493573

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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