CVE-2006-1335 — gnome screensaver before 2.14, when running on an X server with AllowDeactivateGrabs and AllowClosedownGrabs enabled, allows attackers with physical access to cause the screensaver to crash and access the session via the Ctl+Alt+Keypad-Multiply keyboard sequence, which removes the grab from gnome

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gnome screensaver before 2.14, when running on an X server with AllowDeactivateGrabs and AllowClosedownGrabs enabled, allows attackers with physical access to cause the screensaver to crash and access the session via the Ctl+Alt+Keypad-Multiply keyboard sequence, which removes the grab from gnome

Published Mar 21, 2006

3.7

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

gnome screensaver before 2.14, when running on an X server with AllowDeactivateGrabs and AllowClosedownGrabs enabled, allows attackers with physical access to cause the screensaver to crash and access the session via the Ctl+Alt+Keypad-Multiply keyboard sequence, which removes the grab from gnome.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00337

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

EPSS probability 0.00337

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.34% (0.00337)	24.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00329)	24.48th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.08% (0.00077)	20.43th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.19% (0.00195)	58.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 13, 2023	0.19% (0.00195)	56.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.18% (0.00183)	53.73th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326663
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/19280
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/24015
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25340
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326663		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/19280		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/24015		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25340		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner redhat

Published Mar 21, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 20, 2006

Link CVE-2006-1335

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-1335

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-1335