Security Advisory

CVE-2008-1692

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2008-04-07 18:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 08:32:01
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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.