CVE-2014-1949

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-162

Severity Score

6.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

GTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by pressing the menu button.

GTK+ 3.10.9 y anteriores, utilizado en cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, y otras aplicaciones, permite a atacantes físicamente próximos evadir la pantalla de bloqueo mediante la activación del botón del menú.

Clemens Fries reported that, when using Cinnamon, it was possible to bypass the screensaver lock. An attacker with physical access to the machine could use this flaw to take over the locked desktop session. This was fixed by including a patch for the root cause of the issue in gtk+3.0, which came from the implementation of popup menus in GtkWindow. This update also includes other patches from upstream to fix bugs affecting GtkFileChooser and GtkSpinButton, and a crash related to clipboard handling.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-02-12 CVE Reserved
2015-01-16 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-18 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0374.html	Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/327	Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/331	Mailing List
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759145	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064695	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/44	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:162	2023-08-03
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2475-1	2023-08-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linuxmint Search vendor "Linuxmint"		Linux Mint Search vendor "Linuxmint" for product "Linux Mint"				17.0 Search vendor "Linuxmint" for product "Linux Mint" and version "17.0"		-		Affected
Gnome Search vendor "Gnome"		Gtk Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Gtk"				<= 3.10.9 Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Gtk" and version " <= 3.10.9"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected