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CVE-2012-3452

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3452 describes a vulnerability in gnome-screensaver versions 3.4.x before 3.4.4 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, where using multiple screens only locks the active display. This allows a physically proximate attacker to bypass the screen lock on unattended workstations by interacting with an unlocked secondary screen. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3 (Low), indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3452

CVE-2012-3452

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/5