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CVE-2008-1142

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
07/04/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.70 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
3.70
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.0.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:1.00:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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