Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-6389

Title: Gnome Screensaver

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2007-6389.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 17, 2007

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-6389: The notify feature in GNOME screensaver (gnome-screensaver) 2.20.0 might allow local users to read the clipboard contents and X selection data for a locked session by using ctrl-V.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=455484 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482159 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503005 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29595 http://secunia.com/advisories/29666 http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 http://secunia.com/advisories/32691 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:135 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30096 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/146862 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=421461 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00020.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00078.html http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=455484 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482159 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503005 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29595 http://secunia.com/advisories/29666 http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 http://secunia.com/advisories/32691 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:135 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30096 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/146862 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=421461 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00020.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00078.html

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-6389 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 17, 2007 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:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.