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CVE-2009-4996

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4996 describes a vulnerability in Xfce4-session 4.5.91 where the screen does not automatically lock upon suspend or hibernate, potentially allowing physical access to an unattended laptop. This issue, affecting Xfce products, carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (high severity) due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfce:xfce:4.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 3,236 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugzilla.xfce.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi