CVE-2008-1692
N/A
Published: April 7, 2008 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEterm
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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