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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,

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.00045
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6.9
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD07 Apr 2008 · 06:44 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512
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