CVE-2015-1308
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
kde-workspace 4.2.0 and plasma-workspace before 5.1.95 allows remote attackers to obtain input events, and consequently obtain passwords, by leveraging access to the X server when the screen is locked.
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.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| kde | plasma-workspace | {"endIncluding":"5.1"} | |
| kde | kde-workspace | {"endIncluding":"4.2.0"} | |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62051
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72284
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20150122-2.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62051
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72284
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20150122-2.txt
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.