CVE-2009-4642
highpriority · track · 29OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536381enisa_euvd
- http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5927enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592093enisa_euvd
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350enisa_euvd
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/493573enisa_euvd
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536381nvd
- http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5927nvd
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592093nvd
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