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HistoryJan 22, 2001 - 5:00 a.m.
CVE-2000-1060
xfce
xauthority
x windows
access control
privilege escalation
traffic sniffing
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
Affected configurations
Node
xfree86_projectxfceMatch3.5.1
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| xfree86_project:xfce | xfree86 project xfce | eq | 3.5.1 |
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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