Sun Solaris 10 XScreenSaver(1) Locked Screen Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28243
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2008-1356
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Mar 13 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit:	The vendor disclosed this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Sun Solaris 10_x86 Sun Solaris 10_sparc
Not Vulnerable:

Sun Solaris 10 XScreenSaver(1) Locked Screen Bypass Vulnerability

Sun Solaris 10 XScreenSaver(1) is prone to a vulnerability that lets local attackers bypass a user's locked screen.

An attacker with local physical access to the console can exploit this issue to crash the XScreenSaver process and gain unauthorized access to data.

This issue affects Solaris 10 Java Desktop System (JDS) on both SPARC and x86 platforms.

Sun Solaris 10 XScreenSaver(1) Locked Screen Bypass Vulnerability

To launch an attack, an attacker requires physical console access.

Sun Solaris 10 XScreenSaver(1) Locked Screen Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes to address this issue; please see the references for more information.


Sun Solaris 10_sparc

• Sun 120094-16
  Sparc platform
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21 -120094-16-1

Sun Solaris 10_x86

• Sun 120095-16
  x86 platform
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21 -120095-16-1

Sun Solaris 10 XScreenSaver(1) Locked Screen Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• Solaris Homepage (Sun Microsystems)
  
• 234661 Security Vulnerability in the Solaris 10 Java Desktop System (JDS) Xscree (Sun Microsystems)