Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-4997

Title: Gnome Power Manager

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-4997.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Sep 07, 2010
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.33%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-4997: gnome-power-manager 2.27.92 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. NOTE: this issue exists because of a regression that followed a gnome-power-manager fix a few years earlier.

Impacted Vendors

H
hp 1
G
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/428115 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/42052 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/428115
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-2009-4997 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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.