CVE-2013-4509

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-255 Credentials Management

Publication date:

23/11/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The default configuration of IBUS 1.5.4, and possibly 1.5.2 and earlier, when IBus.InputPurpose.PASSWORD is not set and used with GNOME 3, does not obscure the entered password characters, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain a user password by reading the lockscreen.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.90 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

1.90

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibus_project:ibus::::::::		1.5.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:ibus_project:ibus:1.5.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2013-4509

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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