Vulnerability in Xfree86 Project X11r6
CVE-2001-1086
XDM in XFree86 3.3 and 3.3.3 generates easily guessable cookies using gettimeofday() when compiled with the HasXdmXauth option, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the X display via a brute force attack.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (86.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xfree86 Project X11r6 — versions 3.3, 3.3.3
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6808 (vdb-entry)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195008 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/194907 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2985 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)