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CVE-2008-1692

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.9)—

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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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Eterm — Eterm

CWEs

References

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