CVE-2006-1335

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1335
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-03-21 01:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptiongnome screensaver before 2.14, when running on an X server with AllowDeactivateGrabs and AllowClosedownGrabs enabled, allows attackers with physical access to cause the screensaver to crash and access the session via the Ctl+Alt+Keypad-Multiply keyboard sequence, which removes the grab from gnome.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.000770000 probability, percentile 0.228940000 (date 2026-04-17)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Screensaver All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gnome Screensaver Password Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 326663 – Lock dialog can be bypassed with Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-{Minus,Divide} af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
www.osvdb.org/24015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
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