CVE-2009-3851

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Trusted Extensions in Sun Solaris 10 interferes with the operation of the xscreensaver-demo command for the XScreenSaver application, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation for which the intended screen locking did not occur, related to the "restart daemon."

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 10.0

References

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-120094-28-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270809-1
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6845
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-120094-28-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270809-1
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6845

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