CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-3204
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 handle keyboard shortcuts, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen and execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by right-clicking on the indicator bar and then pressing the ALT and F2 keys.
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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67117 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1313885 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67117 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1313885 Exploit