CVE-2009-4996

medium

Description

Xfce4-session 4.5.91 in Xfce does not lock 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: there is no general agreement that this is a vulnerability, because separate control over locking can be an equally secure, or more secure, behavior in some threat environments

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=614608

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587633

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525395

http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4805

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-09-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00053