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CVE-2009-4641

HIGH

7.2

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1780%

EPSS Percentile38.57th

PublishedFeb 11, 2010

Last ModifiedApr 29, 2026

Vulnerability Description

gnome-screensaver 2.28.0 does not resume adherence to its activation settings after an inhibiting application becomes unavailable on the session bus, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Gnome

Screensaver

= 2.28.0

References & Advisories

🔗 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040

🔗 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-866-1

🔗 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600488

🔗 https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350

🔗 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040

🔗 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-866-1

🔗 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600488

🔗 https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350

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