Vulnerability in Ayatana Project Unity
CVE-2014-3204
Unity before 7.2.1, as used in Ubuntu 14.04, does not properly handle keyboard shortcuts, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen and execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by right-clicking on the indicator bar and then pressing the ALT and F2 keys.
EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Ayatana_project Unity — versions 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.1.0
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@ubuntu.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@ubuntu.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@ubuntu.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)