Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in gnome-shell - CVE-2013-7221
Published: April 29, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41743
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7221
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The automatic screen lock functionality in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.10 does not prevent access to the "Enter a Command" dialog, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation.
Affected software
gnome-shell
How to mitigate CVE-2013-7221
Install update from vendor's website.