Unity before 7.2.1, as used in Ubuntu 14.04, does not properly handle keyboard shortcuts, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen and execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by right-clicking on the indicator bar and then pressing the ALT and F2 keys.
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2014-05-06T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:35:57.088Z

Reserved: 2014-05-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-3204

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2014-05-06T14:55:06.120

Modified: 2014-05-07T14:09:40.707

Link: CVE-2014-3204

cve-icon Redhat

No data.