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CVE-2000-1060

Published: Dec 11, 2000 | Modified: Nov 20, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1060
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xfce Xfree86_project 3.5.1 (including) 3.5.1 (including)

References

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