CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2000-1059

Published: Dec 11, 2000 | Modified: Oct 10, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The default configuration of the Xsession file in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and 7.0 bypasses the Xauthority access control mechanism with an xhost + localhost command, which allows local users to sniff X Windows events and gain privileges.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 7.0 7.0
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 7.1 7.1

References