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MATE screensaver screen lock bypass with external monitor


From: Hanno Böck <hanno () hboeck de>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 08:39:46 +0100

Given the discussion about a cinnamon screensaver crash vuln, I was
recently made aware of this issue in mate-screensaver:

https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/183

It seems by a series of plugging in and out external monitors with mate
screensaver you can see the screen content despite the screen being
locked.


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Hanno Böck
https://hboeck.de/


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