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CVE-2008-1142

rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users t

rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: it was later reported that rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, and wterm are also affected. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.

LOW · CVSS 3.7 EPSS 0.00066
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Affected Products & Versions

12
aterm<= 1.0.0
atermall versions
eterm<= 0.9.3
etermall versions
mrxvt<= 0.5.2
mrxvtall versions
multi-atermall versions

Scoring & Timeline

3.7
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD07 Apr 2008 · 05:44 PM

Vendor Advisories

2
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10526-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2022:10222-1
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