CVE-2007-3283

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Published Jun 19, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

GNOME XScreenSaver in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 before 20070417, when root is logged into the console, does not automatically lock the screen after a session has been inactive, which might allow physically proximate attackers to access the console.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::x86:::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-3273	GNOME XScreenSaver in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 before 20070417, when root is logged into the console, does not automatically lock the screen after a session has been inactive, which might allow physically proximate attackers to access the console.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.342% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/36586
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101338-1
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#root-lock
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2037

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sun Solaris

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:14 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 19, 2007, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:14 PM
Reserved: Jun 19, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:41 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 19, 2007, 10:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:41 PM

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