CVE-2013-7220

gnome-shell: blind command execution via activities search keyboard focus

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 2.0

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Published · November 14, 2013

Updated · January 8, 2026

Description

js/ui/screenShield.js in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.8 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation with the keyboard focus on the Activities search.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.4
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified