CVE-2012-1620 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

slock 0.9 does not properly handle the XRaiseWindow event when the screen is locked, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by pressing a button, which reveals the desktop and active windows.

Published: 2012-07-12

Score: 3.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:suckless:slock:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-1630	slock 0.9 does not properly handle the XRaiseWindow event when the screen is locked, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by pressing a button, which reveals the desktop and active windows.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00097.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://hg.suckless.org/slock/rev/891a4984aba6
http://secunia.com/advisories/48700
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/2
http://www.osvdb.org/81035
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52922
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401645
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786310
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74666

History

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Subscriptions

Suckless Slock

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-07-12T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:01:02.834Z

Reserved: 2012-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1620

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-12T19:55:05.577

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-1620

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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