CVE-2002-1160
Published Feb 19, 2003
Last updated 8 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The default configuration of the pam_xauth module forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by stealing the cookies from a temporary .xauth file, which is created with the original user's credentials after root uses su.
- 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
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{
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{
"negate": false,
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "1D46E093-1C68-43BB-B281-12117EC8DE0F"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "E562907F-D915-4030-847A-3C6834A80D4E"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "138985E6-5107-4E8B-A801-C3D5FE075227"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "038FEDE7-986F-4CA5-9003-BA68352B87D4"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]