CVE-2008-1692
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Eterm 0.9.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if -display is not specified and the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29577enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512enisa_euvd
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127nvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29577Vendor Advisorynvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xmlnvd
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