CVE-2019-3820 (GCVE-0-2019-3820)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-02-06 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 19:19
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Summary
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.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The Gnome Project gnome-shell Affected: since 3.15.91
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Date Public
2019-02-06 00:00
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