CVE-2000-1060 in XFce

Summary

The default configuration of XFCE 3.5.1 bypasses the Xauthority access control mechanism with an "xhost + localhost" command in the xinitrc program, which allows local users to sniff X Windows traffic and gain privileges.

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• Disclosure: 12/11/2000
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-16080 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-269 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00066
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-1060
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1060
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2000-1060/