CVE-2015-8025

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8025
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-10 17:59:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptiondriver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by hot swapping monitors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Project Xscreensaver 5.33 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2015:2032-1: moderate: Security update for xscreensaver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - CVE request: xscreensaver aborts when unpluging second monitor cable when asking password af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
James L. on Twitter: "Howto bypass xscreensaver on @debian Testing #CVE #infosec https://t.co/vqFt7eyy0c" af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com
USN-2789-1: XScreenSaver vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
XScreenSaver Hot-Swapping Bug Lets Local Users Bypass Security Restrictions - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: xscreensaver aborts when unpluging second monitor cable when asking password af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
jwz: XScreenSaver 5.34 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.jwz.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: xscreensaver aborts when unpluging second monitor cable when asking password af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3438-1 xscreensaver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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