CVE-2008-1692

Eterm 0.9.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if -display is not specified and the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.

CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577	Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:eterm:eterm:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2008-04-07 11:44

Updated : 2009-02-25 22:51

NVD link : CVE-2008-1692

Mitre link : CVE-2008-1692

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Products Affected

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