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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.

Published

2008-04-07T18:44:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	eterm	eterm	0.9.4	Yes

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512 ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)