VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-1756
SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and (2) switchuser.cpp, which allows local users to access the X session by listing the process and its arguments.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.46%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and (2) switchuser.cpp, which allows local users to access the X session by listing the process and its arguments.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- simone rota/slim simple login manager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/54583
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35132Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38070Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35015
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50611
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00000.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00009.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/54583
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35132Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38070Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35015
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50611
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00000.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00009.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.