CVE-2009-3851: Sun Solaris

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Trusted Extensions in Sun Solaris 10 interferes with the operation of the xscreensaver-demo command for the XScreenSaver application, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation for which the intended screen locking did not occur, related to the "restart daemon."

Affected products

  • Sun Solaris: version 10.0 only

Published 2009-11-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.