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ubuntu-cve-2013-7220

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-04-29 14:38

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

js/ui/screenShield.js in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.8 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation with the keyboard focus on the Activities search.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7220	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7220	REPORT

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  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:22Z",
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}

CVE-2013-7220 (GCVE-0-2013-7220)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-29 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:01

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/o2platform/DefCon_RESTing/tree…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030431	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686740	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/8	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2013-12-27 00:00

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2013-7220 (GCVE-0-2013-7220)

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