CVE-2000-1059
Published Dec 11, 2000
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "E4853E92-5E0A-47B9-A343-D5BEE87D2C27"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "3EC1FF5D-5EAB-44D5-B281-770547C70D68"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]