CVE-2008-1692 | BDVDB-2026-30110 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12008-04-07Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.