Bug 911699 (CVE-2013-0293) - CVE-2013-0293 rhev: rhev-h: Lock screen accepts F2 to drop to shell
Summary: CVE-2013-0293 rhev: rhev-h: Lock screen accepts F2 to drop to shell
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2013-0293
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 911680
Blocks: 911700
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Reported: 2013-02-15 16:58 UTC by Petr Matousek
Modified: 2023-05-11 22:04 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-08-24 15:57:42 UTC
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Description Petr Matousek 2013-02-15 16:58:15 UTC 
F2 on the lock screen will cause the UI to drop to a root shell. This means the screen is not really locked and an unprivileged user that has access to the console or the ssh session can elevate his privileges.

Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Mike Burns of Red Hat.
Comment 1 Petr Matousek 2013-02-15 16:58:48 UTC 
Statement:

Not vulnerable.

This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5 and 6.
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