CVE-2004-2655

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

rdesktop 1.3.1 with xscreensaver 4.14, and possibly other versions, when running on Fedora and possibly other platforms, does not release the keyboard focus when xscreensaver starts, which causes the password to be entered into the active window when the user unlocks the screen.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.4

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-12-31 CVE Published
2006-04-07 CVE Reserved
2023-06-03 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (19)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/20226	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20456	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22080	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016150	Vdb Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016151	Vdb Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.security/2004-08/0018.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188149	X_refsource_misc
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10096	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17471	2018-10-03

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc	2018-10-03
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:071	2018-10-03
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html	2018-10-03
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html	2018-10-03
https://usn.ubuntu.com/269-1	2018-10-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2655	2006-05-23
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617427	2006-05-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.14 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.14"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.16 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.16"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.17 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.17"		-		Affected