CVE-2000-1060

Published Dec 11, 2000

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:xfce:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "8CA20054-FC0B-4E69-A628-615A3C46850A"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References