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Unity before 7.2.3 and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, as used in Ubuntu, does not properly take focus of the keyboard when switching to the lock screen, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by (1) leveraging a machine that had text selected when locking or (2) resuming from a suspension

Published Aug 7, 2014

Description

Unity before 7.2.3 and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, as used in Ubuntu, does not properly take focus of the keyboard when switching to the lock screen, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by (1) leveraging a machine that had text selected when locking or (2) resuming from a suspension.

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Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-362

Race Condition

References (5)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 7, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 7, 2014
Link CVE-2014-5195
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2014-5195
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2014-5195