cve/2018/CVE-2018-20681.md

CVE-2018-20681

Description

mate-screensaver before 1.20.2 in MATE Desktop Environment allows physically proximate attackers to view screen content and possibly control applications. By unplugging and re-plugging or power-cycling external output devices (such as additionally attached graphical outputs via HDMI, VGA, DVI, etc.) the content of a screensaver-locked session can be revealed. In some scenarios, the attacker can execute applications, such as by clicking with a mouse.

POC

Reference

• https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/155

Github

No PoCs found on GitHub currently.