CVE-2002-1160

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1160
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-02-19 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ISS X-Force Database: linux-pamxauth-gain-privileges (11254): Red Hat Linux pam_xauth could allow an attacker to gain privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
'BDT_AV200212140001: Insecure default: Using pam_xauth for su from sh-utils package' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
PAM pam_xauth Module Unintended X Session Cookie Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Free Sun Alert Notifications Article 55760 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Mandrakesoft Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesoft.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#911505 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
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