CVE-2008-1692 (GCVE-0-2008-1692)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-07 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:32
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Date Public
2008-03-28 00:00
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