Medium severity · published Jan 9, 2019
CVE-2018-20681
mate-screensaver before 1.20.2 in MATE Desktop Environment allows physically proximate attackers to view screen content and possibly control applications
6.1
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
mate-screensaver before 1.20.2 in MATE Desktop Environment allows physically proximate attackers to view screen content and possibly control applications. By unplugging and re-plugging or power-cycling external output devices (such as additionally attached graphical outputs via HDMI, VGA, DVI, etc.) the content of a screensaver-locked session can be revealed. In some scenarios, the attacker can execute applications, such as by clicking with a mouse.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mate-screensaver · Mate-desktop
before 1.20.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20681
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20681
Exploit
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/152
Exploit
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/155
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/170
Patch
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/pull/167
