GNOME screensaver 2.20 in Ubuntu 7.10, when used with Compiz, does not properly reserve input focus, which allows attackers with physical ac
GNOME screensaver 2.20 in Ubuntu 7.10, when used with Compiz, does not properly reserve input focus, which allows attackers with physical access to take control of the session after entering an Alt-Tab sequence, a related issue to CVE-2007-3069.
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- Oct 29, 2007
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 27th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | ubuntu linux | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux |
| compiz | compiz | cpe:2.3:a:compiz:compiz |
| gnome | screensaver | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- compiz compizall versions
- gnome screensaver2.20
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | gnome-screensaver | before 2.20.0-1.1 | 2.20.0-1.1 |
| Debian:12 | xorg-server | before 2:1.4.1~git20080118-1 | 2:1.4.1~git20080118-1 |
| Debian:5.0 | gnome-screensaver | before 2.18.2-1+lenny1 | 2.18.2-1+lenny1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | compiz | before 0:0.0.13-0.37.20060817git.el5 | 0:0.0.13-0.37.20060817git.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | compiz-debuginfo | before 0:0.0.13-0.37.20060817git.el5 | 0:0.0.13-0.37.20060817git.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | compiz-devel | before 0:0.0.13-0.37.20060817git.el5 | 0:0.0.13-0.37.20060817git.el5 |
Same product
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:gnome-screensaver | 2.20.0-1.1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:xorg-server | 2:1.4.1~git20080118-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:compiz | 0:0.0.13-0.37.20060817git.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:compiz-debuginfo | 0:0.0.13-0.37.20060817git.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:compiz-devel | 0:0.0.13-0.37.20060817git.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- High
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00002.html
- secunia.com/advisories/27381
- secunia.com/advisories/28627
- secunia.com/advisories/30329
- secunia.com/advisories/30715
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0485.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26188
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-537-1
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-537-2
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357071
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=363061
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37410
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10192
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00811.html
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00841.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.