security flaw
Published Apr 8, 2006
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.35%
Description
rdesktop 1.3.1 with xscreensaver 4.14, and possibly other versions, when running on Fedora and possibly other platforms, does not release the keyboard focus when xscreensaver starts, which causes the password to be entered into the active window when the user unlocks the screen.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.14
- 4.16
- 4.17
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
xscreensaver-1:4.10-20
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0498
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | xscreensaver-1:4.10-20 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0498 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.35% (0.02348) | 83.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.29% (0.02293) | 80.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.79% (0.00794) | 72.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.20% (0.01198) | 85.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 1.20% (0.01198) | 85.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 3, 2023 | 1.20% (0.01198) | 83.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 19, 2023 | 1.34% (0.01345) | 84.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.46% (0.01460) | 84.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (21)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20226 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20456 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20782 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22080 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016150 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016151 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.security/2004-08/0018.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:071 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17471 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2655 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188149 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617427 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2655
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10096 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/269-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2655
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.