SUSE CVE-2009-4641

gnome-screensaver 2.28.0 does not resume adherence to its activation settings after an inhibiting application becomes unavailable on the session bus, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended...

SUSE CVE-2010-0285

gnome-screensaver 2.14.3, 2.22.2, 2.27.x, 2.28.0, and 2.28.3, when the X configuration enables the extend screen option, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking, access an unattended workstation, and view half of the GNOME desktop by attaching an external monitor...

SUSE CVE-2010-0414

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...

SUSE CVE-2010-0422

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 connectin...

SUSE CVE-2010-0732

gdk/gdkwindow.c in GTK+ before 2.18.5, as used in gnome-screensaver before 2.28.1, performs implicit paints on windows of type GDKWINDOWFOREIGN, which triggers an X error in certain circumstances and consequently allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an...

SUSE CVE-2013-1050

The default configuration in gnome-screensaver 3.5.4 through 3.6.0 sets the AutostartCondition line to fallback mode in the .desktop file, which prevents the program from starting automatically after login and allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended...

SUSE CVE-2018-20681

mate-screensaver before 1.20.2 in MATE Desktop Environment allows physically proximate attackers to view screen content and possibly control applications. By unplugging and re-plugging or power-cycling external output devices such as additionally attached graphical outputs via HDMI, VGA, DVI, etc...

SUSE CVE-2021-34557

XScreenSaver 5.45 can be bypassed if the machine has more than ten disconnectable video outputs. A buffer overflow in updatescreenlayout allows an attacker to bypass the standard screen lock authentication mechanism by crashing XScreenSaver. The attacker must physically disconnect many video...

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-46343

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the ScreenSaverSetAttributes request may write to memory after it has been freed. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged and remote code execution f...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0374)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Advisory ROSA-SA-2021-1916

Software: mate-screensaver 1.16.1 OS: Cobalt 7.9 CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20681 CVE-Crit: MEDIUM CVE-DESC: mate-screensaver before 1.20.2 in the MATE desktop environment allows physically nearby attackers to view screen content and possibly control applications. When disconnecting and reconnecting or...

Advisory ROSA-SA-2021-1915

Software: mate-desktop 1.16.2 OS: Cobalt 7.9 CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20681 CVE-Crit: MEDIUM CVE-DESC: mate-screensaver before 1.20.2 in the MATE desktop environment allows physically nearby attackers to view screen content and possibly control applications. When disconnecting and reconnecting or...

CVE-2020-10553

An issue was discovered in Psyprax before 3.2.2. The file %PROGRAMDATA%\Psyprax32\PPScreen.ini contains a hash for the lockscreen aka screensaver of the application. If that entry is removed, the lockscreen is no longer displayed and the app is no longer locked. All local users are able to modify...

‘Child’s Play’ – Kids breach and bypass Linux Mint screensaver lock

By Sudais Asif According to their father, the kids were able to bypass the Linux Mint screensaver lock not once but twice. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Childs Play - Kids breach and bypass Linux Mint screensaver lock...

Updated caribou packages fix a security vulnerability

An issue in caribou, that was exposed by a CVE fix in X.org server, permits a screensaver-lock bypass. It is possible to crash the screensaver and unlock the desktop via the virtual keyboard...

MGASA-2021-0043 Updated caribou packages fix a security vulnerability

An issue in caribou, that was exposed by a CVE fix in X.org server, permits a screensaver-lock bypass. It is possible to crash the screensaver and unlock the desktop via the virtual keyboard...

nishang

This repository is an offensive tool for Windows exploitation, specifically for adding backdoors to Windows systems. It contains a collection of PowerShell scripts that can be used to add various types of backdoors, including constrained delegation backdoors, registry backdoors, and screensaver...

nishang

This repository is an offensive tool for Windows systems, specifically for adding backdoors and executing malicious scripts. The primary vulnerability class is privilege escalation, as the tools aim to gain elevated privileges on the target system. The probable entry points include PowerShell...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

gnome-screensaver is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the way gnome-screensaver verified user passwords. When a system used a remote directory service for login credentials, a local attacker able to cause a network outage could cause...

CVE-2009-4642

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...