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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- KDE
- Published
- 1/26/2015
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
kde : plasma-workspacekde : kde-workspace
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