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CVE-2002-1160
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The default configuration of the pam_xauth module forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by stealing the cookies from a temporary .xauth file, which is created with the original user's credentials after root uses su..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.2/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11254.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911505
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000693
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:017
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-028.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-035.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55760
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6753
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104431622818954&w=2