CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Compiz Compiz Fusion 0.7.8. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The Expo plugin in Compiz Fusion 0.7.8 allows local users with physical access to drag the screen saver aside and access the locked desktop by using Expo mouse shortcuts, a related issue to CVE-2007-3920.
The bug was discovered 11/21/2008. The weakness was presented 03/24/2009 with Ubuntu (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-6514 since 03/24/2009. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 123 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 37306 (Fedora 10 : compiz-fusion-0.7.8-4.fc10 (2009-2986)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165236 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2010:007)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47172) and Tenable (37306). See 52078, 51975, 51728 and 51369 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
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Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 37306
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : compiz-fusion-0.7.8-4.fc10 (2009-2986)
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OpenVAS ID: 63668
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-2986 (compiz-fusion)
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Organization: Ubuntu
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-6514 (🔍)
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X-Force: 47172
Vulnerability Center: 21421 - Compiz Fusion 0.7.8 Expo Plugin Local Security Restrictions Bypass Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 32712 - Compiz Fusion 'Expo' Plugin Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 33077 - Compiz Fusion Expo Plugin Security Bypass, Not Critical
OSVDB: 52918 - Compiz Fusion - 'Expo' Plugin Security Bypass Issue
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 23:38Updated: 08/31/2019 16:22
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (81), 08/31/2019 16:22 (5)
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