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CVE-2002-1160
published 2003-02-19

CVE-2002-1160: The default configuration of the pam_xauth module forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by…

high7.2CVSS 3.1
AVLACLAuNCCICAC
The default configuration of the pam_xauth module forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by stealing the cookies from a temporary .xauth file, which is created with the original user's credentials after root uses su.

Affected

4 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
redhatlinux——
redhatlinux——
redhatlinux——
redhatlinux——