CVE-2002-2293 — Webshots Desktop screensaver allows local users to bypass the password on the screensaver by pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE and (1) hitting the cancel button or (2) killing the screensaver from the task manager

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MEDIUM

Webshots Desktop screensaver allows local users to bypass the password on the screensaver by pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE and (1) hitting the cancel button or (2) killing the screensaver from the task manager

Published Oct 18, 2007

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.40%

Description

Webshots Desktop screensaver allows local users to bypass the password on the screensaver by pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE and (1) hitting the cancel button or (2) killing the screensaver from the task manager.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.40% 0.00399

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00399

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.40% (0.00399)	31.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.40% (0.00399)	31.48th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00056)	14.60th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0117.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6385
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10863
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0117.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6385		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10863		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 18, 2007

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Oct 17, 2007

Link CVE-2002-2293

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-2293

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-2293