CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-20315

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.

3.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

6.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.9 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2006285 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:centos:stream:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-02-18 06:15

Updated : 2022-12-03 01:42

NVD link : CVE-2021-20315

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20315

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-667