PT-2009-1984 · Canonical · Compiz Fusion

Sagar Pandya + 1 · Published 2009-03-24 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2008-6514

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Compiz Fusion version 0.7.8

Description The issue allows local users with physical access to bypass the screen saver and access the locked desktop by utilizing Expo mouse shortcuts.

Recommendations For Compiz Fusion version 0.7.8, consider disabling the Expo plugin as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6514

Affected Products

Compiz Fusion

References · 10

• 🔥 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz-fusion-plugins-main/+bug/247088 · Exploit
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32712 · Patch
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00860.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00878.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33077 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6514 · Security Note
• http://gitweb.compiz-fusion.org/?p=fusion/plugins/expo%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f97a9fa6f0ad578f674d1f248bd7bef90e3260e0 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47172 · Note
• http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561567 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34465 · Note