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CVE-2002-1160

CVE-kwetsbaarheidsdetails - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Gepubliceerd 2004-09-01 04:00:00
Laatst bijgewerkt 2024-08-08 03:19:27
Toegewezen door mitre
CVSS-score geen score
Status PUBLISHED

Beschrijving

The default configuration of the pam_xauth module forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by stealing the cookies from a temporary .xauth file, which is created with the original user's credentials after root uses su.