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CVE-2000-1060

Published

23 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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The default configuration of XFCE 3.5.1 bypasses the Xauthority access control mechanism with an "xhost + localhost" command in the xinitrc program, which allows local users to sniff X Windows traffic and gain privileges..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Medium
Base Score: 4.6/10
Exploit Score: 3.9/10
Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Availability Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:xfce:3.5.1:::::::*	Yes	-	-

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1736
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0022.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5305