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CVE-2012-1620

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1620 describes a vulnerability in suckless slock version 0.9 where improper handling of the XRaiseWindow event allows a physically proximate attacker to bypass the screen lock and view the desktop and active windows by pressing a button. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.6, indicating a low severity with local access and low attack complexity, primarily impacting confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suckless:slock:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hg.suckless.org / slock/rev/891a4984aba6
ExploitPatch
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48700
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74666
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/1
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/2
osvdb.org / 81035
securityfocus.com / bid/52922