Executive Summary

Summary
Title Sun Alert 258928 A Security Vulnerability May Allow Popup Windows to Appear Through the Solaris XScreenSaver Program on Xorg(1) Servers
Informations
Name SUN-258928 First vendor Publication 2009-08-05
Vendor Sun Last vendor Modification 2009-08-05
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Product: Solaris 8 Operating System Solaris 9 Operating System Solaris 10 Operating System OpenSolaris

A security vulnerability in the Solaris XScreenSaver (see xscreensaver(1)) program may allow popup windows to appear through the lock screen and expose sensitive data on Xorg(1) servers (or Xnewt(1M) servers in the case of Sun Ray setups).

State: Resolved
First released: 05-Aug-2009

Original Source

Url : http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_258928_a_security

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5838
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5838
Title: A Security Vulnerability May Allow Popup Windows to Appear Through the Solaris XScreenSaver Program on Xorg(1) Servers
Description: XScreenSaver in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, OpenSolaris before snv_120, and X11 6.4.1 for Solaris 8, when the Xorg or Xnewt server is used, allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading popup windows, which are displayed even when the screen is locked, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1276.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-2711
Version: 1
Platform(s): Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 220
Os 5

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
56854 Solaris XScreenSaver (xscreensaver(1)) PopUp Window Information Disclosure

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-02-18 Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 120094-36
File : solaris10_120094.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 120095-36
File : solaris10_x86_120095.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-06 Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 115158-14
File : solaris9_115158.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-06 Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 115159-14
File : solaris9_x86_115159.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO