CVE-2002-1160
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- redhat/linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000693
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104431622818954&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55760
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11254.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911505Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:017
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-028.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-035.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6753
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000693
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104431622818954&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55760
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11254.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911505Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:017
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-028.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-035.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6753
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.