CVE-2008-6514 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Expo plugin of Compiz Fusion 0.7.8. An attacker with physical access could bypass the screen saver and access the locked desktop by utilizing Expo mouse shortcuts. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.2, indicating moderate severity due to the high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring physical access and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:compiz:compiz_fusion:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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