Description
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.
Published: 2004-09-01
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-1147 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.
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:27.600Z

Reserved: 2002-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1160

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-02-19T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-1160

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2003-02-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-1160 - Bugzilla

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