Back
CVE-2007-1859
XScreenSaver 4.10, when using a remote directory service for credentials, does not properly handle the results from the getpwuid function…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.41%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- 25610 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25119 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25105 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25116 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11459 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 25225 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:097 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1293 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35531 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 23783 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- xscreensaver-getpwuid-authentication-bypass(34054) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0322 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 25118 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-474-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-200705-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-1859)Record last updated .