CVE-2014-3204

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Unity before 7.2.1, as used in Ubuntu 14.04, does not properly handle keyboard shortcuts, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen and execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by right-clicking on the indicator bar and then pressing the ALT and F2 keys.

Affected products

Ayatana Project Unity: through 7.2.0; 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04

References

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2184-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/03/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67117
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1313885
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2184-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/03/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67117
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1313885

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