Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package unity  (opens in a new tab)


Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1210-UNITY-631578
  • published6 May 2014
  • disclosed6 May 2014

Introduced: 6 May 2014

CVE-2014-3203  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream unity package and not the unity package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Unity before 7.2.1, as used in Ubuntu 14.04, does not properly restrict access to the Dash when the lock screen is active, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen and execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by pressing the SUPER key before the screen auto-locks.