CVE-2013-7374
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.6
Description
The Ubuntu Date and Time Indicator (aka indicator-datetime) 13.10.0+13.10.x before 13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1.1 does not properly restrict access to Evolution, which allows local users to bypass the greeter screen restrictions by clicking the date.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 13.10 | affected | |
References
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~indicator-applet-developers/indicator-datetime/trunk.13.10/revision/282
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2186-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/indicator-datetime/%2Bbug/1246812
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~indicator-applet-developers/indicator-datetime/trunk.13.10/revision/282
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2186-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/indicator-datetime/%2Bbug/1246812
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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