CVE-2010-0422

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gnome-screensaver 2.28.x before 2.28.3 does not properly synchronize the state of screen locking and the unlock dialog i

gnome-screensaver 2.28.x before 2.28.3 does not properly synchronize the state of screen locking and the unlock dialog in situations involving a change to the number of monitors, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by connecting and disconnecting monitors multiple times, a related issue to CVE-2010-0414.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4 EPSS 0.00076

Monitor

No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Affected Products & Versions

gnome screensaverall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

productmediumSuspicious Screensaver Binary File Creation

productmediumScreenSaver Registry Key Set

productmediumPath To Screensaver Binary Modified

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Scoring & Timeline

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Published to NVD24 Feb 2010 · 06:30 PM

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-907-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.3.news

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=271ae93d7b140b8ba40d77f9e4ce894e5fd1b554

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=d4dcbd65a2df3c093c4e3a74bbbc75383eb9eadb

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=f93a22c175090cf02e80bc3ee676b53f1251f685

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035115.html

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126601292400764&w=2

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http://secunia.com/advisories/38565Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/38583Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38248

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609789

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564464

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56364

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