CVE-2007-1859

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

XScreenSaver 4.10, when using a remote directory service for credentials, does not properly handle the results from the getpwuid function in drivers/lock.c when there is no network connectivity, which causes XScreenSaver to crash and unlock the screen and allows local users to bypass authentication.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
May 2, 2007
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2007-1859: Medium severity, CVSS 4.6 | Vulnix