xfce4-session: gnome-screensaver fails to determine session idle time when runned under Xfce
Published Feb 11, 2010
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
gnome-screensaver 2.26.1 relies on the gnome-session D-Bus interface to determine session idle time, even when an Xfce desktop such as Xubuntu or Mythbuntu is used, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.26.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 | 0.34% (0.00337) | 24.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00337) | 25.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00055) | 14.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 13.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 11.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536381 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5927 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4642 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592093 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564583 Issue Tracking
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/493573 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4642
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4642
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536381 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5927 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4642 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592093 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564583 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://launchpad.net/bugs/493573 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4642 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4642 |
Change history (0)
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