gnome screensaver before 2.14, when running on an X server with AllowDeactivateGrabs and AllowClosedownGrabs enabled, allows attackers with physical access to cause the screensaver to crash and access the session via the Ctl+Alt+Keypad-Multiply keyboard sequence, which removes the grab from gnome.
2006-03-21T01:06:00.000
2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Deferred
CVSSv2: 3.7 (LOW)
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
1.9
6.4
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
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Application | gnome | screensaver | ≤ 2.13 | Yes |