Vulnerability in Xscreensaver
CVE-2007-5585
xscreensaver 5.03 and earlier, when running without xscreensaver-gl-extras (GL extras) installed, crashes when /usr/bin/xscreensaver-gl-helper does not exist and a user attempts to unlock the screen, which allows attackers with physical access to gain access to the locked session.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xscreensaver — versions 5.03
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/27392 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00336.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26204 (vdb-entry)