A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security checks and execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by an error in the way "xscreensaver" interacts with GNOME Assistive Technology, which could be exploited by an attacker with physical access to the system to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running xscreensaver.
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ChangeLog
2007-06-05 : Initial release
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