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CVE-2008-1356
Unspecified vulnerability in xscreensaver in Sun Solaris 10 Java Desktop System (JDS), when using the GNOME On-Screen Keyboard (GOK),…
- 6.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 69% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in xscreensaver in Sun Solaris 10 Java Desktop System (JDS), when using the GNOME On-Screen Keyboard (GOK), allows local users to bypass authentication via unknown vectors that cause the screen saver to crash.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 69% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 1019614 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 234661 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 28243 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0875 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29368 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- sun-solaris-xscreensaver-auth-bypass(41191) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1363 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-1356)Record last updated .