LXDM before 0.5.2 did not start X server with -auth, which allows local users to bypass authentication with X connections.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lxdm | Lxdm_project | * | 0.5.1 (including) |
| Lxdm | Ubuntu | artful | * |
| Lxdm | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Lxdm | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Lxdm | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Lxdm | Ubuntu | vivid | * |
| Lxdm | Ubuntu | wily | * |
| Lxdm | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Lxdm | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/114.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/151.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/194.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html