CVE-2014-3204 — Vulnetix

CVE-2014-3204 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.08% · 23.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.08%

23.1th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	unity	0, 7.1.2+13.10.20131014.1-0ubuntu1, 7.1.2+14.04.20131106.1-0ubuntu1

Exploit Intelligence

[oss-security] 20140429 Re: Ubuntu 14.04: security problem in the lock screen (circl)
67117 (circl)
[oss-security] 20140503 Re: Ubuntu 14.04: security problem in the lock screen (circl)
USN-2184-1 (circl)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1313885 (vulncheck-nvd)

Timeline

May 6, 2014 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
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May 25, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3204 third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/03/1 third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/2 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2184-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3204 third-party-advisory

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