Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-10894 - 7PK - Security Features vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
PHYSICAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
low complexity
xtrlock-project
debian
CWE-254
nessus

Summary

xtrlock through 2.10 does not block multitouch events. Consequently, an attacker at a locked screen can send input to (and thus control) various programs such as Chromium via events such as pan scrolling, "pinch and zoom" gestures, or even regular mouse clicks (by depressing the touchpad once and then clicking with a different finger).

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Xtrlock_Project
1
OS
Debian
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1959.NASL
descriptionIt was discovered that multitouch devices were not being disabled by the
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id129855
published2019-10-15
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129855
titleDebian DLA-1959-1 : xtrlock security update
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1959-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(129855);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-10894");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1959-1 : xtrlock security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was discovered that multitouch devices were not being disabled by
the 'xtrlock' screen locking utility.

xtrlock did not block multitouch events so an attacker could still
input and thus control various programs such as Chromium, etc. via
so-called 'multitouch' events including pan scrolling, 'pinch and
zoom' or even being able to provide regular mouse clicks by depressing
the touchpad once and then clicking with a secondary finger.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in xtrlock version
2.6+deb8u1. However, this fix does not the situation where an attacker
plugs in a multitouch device *after* the screen has been locked. For
more information on this, please see :

https://bugs.debian.org/830726#115

We recommend that you upgrade your xtrlock packages pending a deeper
fix.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/830726#115"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00019.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/xtrlock"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Upgrade the affected xtrlock package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xtrlock");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/08/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"xtrlock", reference:"2.6+deb8u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");