Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-7220

RCE

Title: Gnome Gnome-Shell RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-7220.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Apr 29, 2014
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.41%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-7220: js/ui/screenShield.js in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.8 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation with the keyboard focus on the Activities search.

Impacted Vendors

G
gnome 1

Reference Links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/8 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686740 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030431 https://github.com/o2platform/DefCon_RESTing/tree/master/Live-Demos/Neo4j http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/8 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686740 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030431 https://github.com/o2platform/DefCon_RESTing/tree/master/Live-Demos/Neo4j
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-7220 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 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:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.