Vulnerability in Aterm

CVE-2008-1142

rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: it was later reported that rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, and wterm are also affected. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2008-1142: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Aterm — versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.2.0
  • Eterm — versions 0.9.2
  • Mrxvt — versions 0.4.2
  • Multi-Aterm — versions 0.0.1, 0.0.3, 0.0.4
  • Rxvt — versions 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3
  • Rxvt-Unicode — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
  • Wterm — versions 6.2.5, 6.2.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

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