CVE-2005-0579
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.6)—
nxagent en FreeNX anterior a 0.2.8 no gestiona correctamente la situación en la que la variable de entorno XAUTHORITY no está definida, lo que permite a usuarios locales acceder al servidor X sin autenticación de X.
Traducción automática del texto original de NVD (en inglés).
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 4.6
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.40%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 33
- Fecha de la puntuación: 14/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
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