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CVE-2013-7221

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-7221 describes a vulnerability in GNOME Shell versions prior to 3.10 where the automatic screen lock fails to restrict access to the "Enter a Command" dialog. This allows a physically proximate attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9.92CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-2013-7221Moderate

gnome-shell: run command dialog visible above screen locker

Nov 14, 2013

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
git.gnome.org / browse/gnome-shell/commit/js/ui/main.js
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/8