CVE-1999-0526
highpriority · attend · 57EPSS 0.208 · 98 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
3 exploits · weaponized
Likely / severe?
20.8% (98th) EPSS
CVSS 10 · high
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An X server's access control is disabled (e.g. through an "xhost +" command) and allows anyone to connect to the server.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
10.0
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- exploit/unix/x11/x11_keyboard_execX11 Keyboard Command Injectionweaponized · metasploit
- auxiliary/gather/x11_keyboard_spyX11 Keyloggerfunctional · metasploit
- auxiliary/scanner/x11/open_x11X11 No-Auth Scannerfunctional · metasploit
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
published 1997-07-01modified 2026-06-16
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references (2)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/704969enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/704969US Government Resourcenvd
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