CVE-2009-1573
N/A
Published: May 6, 2009 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:07 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLinux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
xvfb-run 1.6.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora 10, and possibly other operating systems place the magic cookie (MCOOKIE) on the command line, which allows local users to gain privileges by listing the process and its arguments.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526678Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/4VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1185VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50348Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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