CVE-2014-3204

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3204
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-06 14:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionUnity 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ayatana Project Unity 7.0.0 All All All
Application Ayatana Project Unity 7.0.1 All All All
Application Ayatana Project Unity 7.1.0 All All All
Application Ayatana Project Unity 7.1.1 All All All
Application Ayatana Project Unity 7.1.2 All All All
Application Ayatana Project Unity 7.1.3 All All All
Application Ayatana Project Unity All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2184-1: Unity vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: Ubuntu 14.04: security problem in the lock screen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug #1313885 “lock screen bypass” : Bugs : unity package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit
Ubuntu 'Unity' Package Local Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: Ubuntu 14.04: security problem in the lock screen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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