PT-2019-10161 · Mate · Mate-Screensaver

Sunweaver · Published 2019-01-09 · Updated 2019-01-30 · CVE-2018-20681

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: mate-screensaver versions prior to 1.20.2

Description: The issue allows physically proximate attackers to view screen content and possibly control applications when the screensaver is locked. This can be achieved by unplugging and re-plugging or power-cycling external output devices, such as those connected via HDMI, VGA, or DVI. In certain scenarios, the attacker may also be able to execute applications, for example, by using a mouse to click on items.

Recommendations: For mate-screensaver versions prior to 1.20.2, update to version 1.20.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-20681

Affected Products

Mate-Screensaver

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/155 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/152 · Exploit
• https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/pull/167 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20681 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20681 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20681 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20681 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20681 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20681 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20681 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/170 · Note