Vulnerability CVE-2008-1692
Published: 2008-04-07   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Eterm -> Eterm 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127
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