Vulnerability in Suckless Slock
CVE-2012-1620
slock 0.9 does not properly handle the XRaiseWindow event when the screen is locked, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by pressing a button, which reveals the desktop and active windows.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.6 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (41.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Suckless Slock — versions 0.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/2 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/1 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/48700 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74666 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/81035 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/52922 (vdb-entry)
- hg.suckless.org/slock/rev/891a4984aba6 (Exploit, Patch)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi