CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-3203
4.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-05-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
Unity before 7.2.1, as used in Ubuntu 14.04, does not properly restrict access to the Dash when the lock screen is active, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen and execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by pressing the SUPER key before the screen auto-locks.
Affected configurations
• ayatana project unity (<= 7.2.0)
• ayatana project unity 7.0.0
• ayatana project unity 7.0.1
• ayatana project unity 7.1.0
• ayatana project unity 7.1.1
• ayatana project unity 7.1.2
• ayatana project unity 7.1.3
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2184-1 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/03/1 www.openwall.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1308850 Exploit
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2184-1 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/03/1 www.openwall.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1308850 Exploit