Vulnerability CVE-2008-1142
Published: 2008-04-07   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.7/10
6.4/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Wterm -> Wterm 
Rxvt-unicode -> Rxvt-unicode 
RXVT -> RXVT 
Multi-aterm -> Multi-aterm 
Mrxvt -> Mrxvt 
Eterm -> Eterm 
Aterm -> Aterm 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:221
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:161
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
http://secunia.com/advisories/30229
http://secunia.com/advisories/30227
http://secunia.com/advisories/30226
http://secunia.com/advisories/30225
http://secunia.com/advisories/30224
http://secunia.com/advisories/29576
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469296
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/122
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