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CVE-2012-1620
slock 0.9 does not properly handle the XRaiseWindow event when the screen is locked, which might allow physically proximate attackers to…
Low3.6EPSS 0.51%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
slock 0.9 does not properly handle the XRaiseWindow event when the screen is locked, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by pressing a button, which reveals the desktop and active windows.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% 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: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401645 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120405 Re: CVE Request: slock-0.9 displays modal box after locking (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120405 CVE Request: slock-0.9 displays modal box after locking (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 48700 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- slock-xraisewindow-sec-bypass(74666) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 81035 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 52922 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://hg.suckless.org/slock/rev/891a4984aba6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786310 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2012-1630 (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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