Is CVE-2009-4997 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2009-4997 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2009-4997?

CVE-2009-4997 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2009-4997?

CVE-2009-4997 has an EPSS score of 0.33% (25th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2009-4997?

Upgrade gnome-power-manager on debian 11 to 2.28.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-4997

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

gnome-power-managerDebian

Fixed in:2.28.0-1CVE-2009-4997

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days

25thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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