CVE-2000-1060
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2000-12-11
- Last modified
- 2024-08-08
Affected products
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0022.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1736
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5305
