CVE-2001-1086

highpriority · track · 41OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.028 · 87 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

2.84% (87th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

XDM in XFree86 3.3 and 3.3.3 generates easily guessable cookies using gettimeofday() when compiled with the HasXdmXauth option, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the X display via a brute force attack.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-287USLLM-inferredCWE-330USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-20993XFree86 X11R6 3.3 XDM - Session Cookie Guessingfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
xfree86 project x11r6= 3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86 project x11r6= 3.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2001-07-04modified 2026-06-16

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195008 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/194907 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2985 enisa_euvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6808 enisa_euvd
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195008Vendor Advisorynvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/194907ExploitVendor Advisorynvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2985ExploitPatchVendor Advisorynvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6808 nvd

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