Vulnerability in Xscreensaver
CVE-2004-2655
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (83.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xscreensaver — versions 4.14, 4.16, 4.17
References
- www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
- www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.security/2004-08/0018.html
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20782 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10096 (signature, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/22080 (third-party-advisory)