CVE-2015-1308

kde-workspace 4.2.0 and plasma-workspace before 5.1.95 allows remote attackers to obtain input events, and consequently obtain passwords, by leveraging access to the X server when the screen is locked.

Published: 2015-01-26 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-1308 is rated Moderate Risk (42.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.44%). EPSS rose +1.02% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1308

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.42% 1.44% +1.02%
2 2025-07-20 0.30% 0.42% +0.13%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1308

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1308

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1308

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1308
ubuntu low CVE-2015-1308 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kde-workspace), 10 status rows across 10 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 7, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1308

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1308

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde plasma-workspace <= 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde-workspace <= 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1308

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