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CVE-2006-7240

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-7240 describes a flaw in gnome-power-manager version 2.14.0 where the screen lock functionality upon suspend or hibernate is not properly enforced. This allows a physically proximate attacker to gain unauthorized access to an unattended laptop after it resumes. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:power_manager:2.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gnome-power-manager

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-7240Low

gnome-power-manager: Screen not locked on resume from hibernate / suspend

Apr 29, 2006

References

bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/42052