Ayatana Unity up to 7.2.0 Lock Screen access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Ayatana Unity up to 7.2.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Lock Screen. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-3202. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ayatana Unity up to 7.2.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Lock Screen. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unity before 7.2.1 does not properly handle entry activation, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the ENTER key, which triggers the process to crash.

The weakness was presented 05/06/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.launchpad.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-3202 since 05/03/2014. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 7.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-69594 for similar entry. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Unity 7.1.0

Timelineinfo

05/03/2014 🔍
05/06/2014 +3 days 🔍
05/06/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +323 days 🔍
03/09/2019 +1445 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.launchpad.net
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-3202 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3202
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69593
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/09/2019 15:21
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (48), 03/09/2019 15:21 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:876:103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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