CVE-2018-20681

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jan 9, 2019
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Jan 9, 2019

Description

mate-screensaver before 1.20.2 in MATE Desktop Environment allows physically proximate attackers to view screen content and possibly control applications. By unplugging and re-plugging or power-cycling external output devices (such as additionally attached graphical outputs via HDMI, VGA, DVI, etc.) the content of a screensaver-locked session can be revealed. In some scenarios, the attacker can execute applications, such as by clicking with a mouse.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/pull/167
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/170
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/152
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/155

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