Medium severity · published Feb 6, 2019
CVE-2019-3820
It was discovered that the gnome-shell lock screen since version 3.15.91 did not properly restrict all contextual actions
4.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was discovered that the gnome-shell lock screen since version 3.15.91 did not properly restrict all contextual actions. An attacker with physical access to a locked workstation could invoke certain keyboard shortcuts, and potentially other actions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GN
gnome-shell · The Gnome Project
since 3.15.91 · source: vendor, NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 15.1; 42.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3820
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3820
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00023.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00049.html
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3820
Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/851
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3966-1/
