CVE-2014-5195

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-5195
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-08-07 11:13:37 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionUnity before 7.2.3 and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, as used in Ubuntu, does not properly take focus of the keyboard when switching to the lock screen, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by (1) leveraging a machine that had text selected when locking or (2) resuming from a suspension.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ayatana Project Unity 7.2.0 All All All
Application Ayatana Project Unity 7.2.1 All All All
Application Ayatana Project Unity 7.3.0 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
Bug #1349128 “Ubuntu 14.04 lock screen doesn't accept keyboard i...” : Series 7.2 : Bugs : Unity af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
Ubuntu 'Unity' Package Lock Screen Local Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-2303-1: Unity vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/109788 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
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