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CVE-2013-7220

js/ui/screenShield.js in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.8 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbit

js/ui/screenShield.js in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.8 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation with the keyboard focus on the Activities search.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00097
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Affected Products & Versions

2
gnome gnome-shell<= 3.7.92
gnome gnome-shellall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD29 Apr 2014 · 02:38 PM
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/8
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686740
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030431
https://github.com/o2platform/DefCon_RESTing/tree/master/Live-Demos/Neo4j
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