EUVD-2002-1147

Malware in sbrugna...

CVE-2002-1160

The CVE-2002-1160 issue concerns the pam_xauth module, where the default configuration forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions. This can enable a local attacker to gain an administrator’s X session by stealing the cookie from a temporary .xauth file created after root uses su. Public sources...

CVE-2002-1160

The default configuration of the pamxauth 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...