The Unity Settings Daemon before 14.04.0+14.04.20150825-0ubuntu2 and 15.04.x before 15.04.1+15.04.20150408-0ubuntu1.2 does not properly det…

published 2015-09-17 11y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-1460

cvss: 2.1; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Unity Settings Daemon before 14.04.0+14.04.20150825-0ubuntu2 and 15.04.x before 15.04.1+15.04.20150408-0ubuntu1.2 does not properly detect if the screen is locked, which allows physically proximate attackers to mount removable media while the screen is locked as demonstrated by inserting a USB thumb drive.

Patch / fix

distros 1 links 1

unity-settings-daemon Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 14.04.0+14.04.20150825-0ubuntu2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1319

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ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2741-1 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

ubuntu.com /usn/USN-2741-1
vendor-advisory, patch
bugs.launchpad.net /ubuntu/%2Bsource/unity/%2Bbug/1438870
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-1319
NVD CVE-2015-1319

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