CVE-2002-1160
N/A
Published: September 1, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The default configuration of the pam_xauth module forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by stealing the cookies from a temporary .xauth file, which is created with the original user's credentials after root uses su.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000693Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104431622818954&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55760VDB Entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11254.phpThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911505Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:017Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-028.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-035.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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