xvfb-run 1.6.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora 10, and possibly other operating systems place the magic cookie (MCOOKIE) on the command line, which allows local users to gain privileges by listing the process and its arguments.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-05-06T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:20:34.939Z

Reserved: 2009-05-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-1573

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-05-06T17:30:09.797

Modified: 2017-08-17T01:30:24.710

Link: CVE-2009-1573

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-05-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1573 - Bugzilla