CVE-2009-4997

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-09-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

gnome-power-manager 2.27.92 does not properly implement the lock_on_suspend and lock_on_hibernate settings for locking the screen when the suspend or hibernate button is pressed, which might make it easier for physically proximate attackers to access an unattended laptop via a resume action, a related issue to CVE-2010-2532. NOTE: this issue exists because of a regression that followed a gnome-power-manager fix a few years earlier.

Affected products

GNOME Power Manager: 2.27.92

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/42052
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/428115
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/42052
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/428115

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