The Unity Settings Daemon before 14.04.0+14.04.20150825-0ubuntu2 and 15.04.x before 15.04.1+15.04.20150408-0ubuntu1.2 does not properly detect if the screen is locked, which allows physically proximate attackers to mount removable media while the screen is locked as demonstrated by inserting a USB thumb drive.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-1460 The Unity Settings Daemon before 14.04.0+14.04.20150825-0ubuntu2 and 15.04.x before 15.04.1+15.04.20150408-0ubuntu1.2 does not properly detect if the screen is locked, which allows physically proximate attackers to mount removable media while the screen is locked as demonstrated by inserting a USB thumb drive.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2741-1 Unity Settings Daemon vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:40:18.320Z

Reserved: 2015-01-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-1319

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-09-17T16:59:00.087

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-1319

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