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CVE-2021-20315

MEDIUM
6.1CVSS
Published: 2022-02-18
Updated: 2024-11-21
AI Analysis

Description

A locking protection bypass flaw was found in some versions of gnome-shell as shipped within CentOS Stream 8, when the "Application menu" or "Window list" GNOME extensions are enabled. This flaw allows a physical attacker who has access to a locked system to kill existing applications and start new ones as the locked user, even if the session is still locked.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
physical
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-667CWE-667

Metadata

Primary Vendor
GNOME
Published
2/18/2022
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

gnome : gnome-shellcentos : stream

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