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.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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Information
Published : 2003-02-18 21:00
Updated : 2016-10-17 19:24
NVD link : CVE-2002-1160
Mitre link : CVE-2002-1160
JSON object : View
CWE
Products Affected
redhat
- linux