CVE-2015-8025 in Xscreensaver

Summary

driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by hot swapping monitors.

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• Reservation: 10/29/2015
• Disclosure: 11/10/2015
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-79115 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-264 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 4.9
• EPSS: 0.00058
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8025
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8025
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2015-8025/