CVE-2005-0579

nxagent in FreeNX before 0.2.8 does not properly handle when the XAUTHORITY environment variable is not set, which allows local users to access the X server without X authentication.

CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/freenx-knx/2005-February/000734.html	Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/story42495.html	Exploit Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.2:::::::*

Information

Published : 2005-02-24 21:00

Updated : 2008-09-05 13:46

NVD link : CVE-2005-0579

Mitre link : CVE-2005-0579

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

freenx

freenx

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