Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-7240

Title: Gnome Power Manager

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-7240.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Sep 07, 2010

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-7240: gnome-power-manager 2.14.0 does not properly implement the lock_on_suspend and lock_on_hibernate settings for locking the screen when the suspend or hibernate button is pressed, which might make it easier for physically proximate attackers to access an unattended laptop via a resume action, a related issue to CVE-2010-2532.

Impacted Vendors

hp 1

gnome 1

Reference Links

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/42052 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/42052

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-7240 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 07, 2010 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.