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CVE-2015-1308

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1308 describes an information disclosure vulnerability affecting kde-workspace 4.2.0 and plasma-workspace before 5.1.95. This flaw allows a remote attacker, with access to the X server, to capture input events, potentially leading to the compromise of passwords even when the screen is locked. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0144 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kdebase-workspace
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kde-workspace

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1308Low

kde-workspace: X11 clients can eavesdrop input events while screen is locked

Jan 16, 2015

References

secunia.com / advisories/62051
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20150122-2.txt
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/6
securityfocus.com / bid/72284