CVE-2002-1160

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

La configuración por defecto de pam_xauth en Red Hat Linux 7.1 a 8.0 envia MIT-Magic-Cookies a sesiones X nuevas, lo que podría permitir a usuarios locales ganar privilegios de root robando las cookies de un fichero .xauth temporal, que es creado con los credenciales del usuario original despues de que root use el comando su

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2002-09-26 CVE Reserved
2003-02-19 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104431622818954&w=2	Mailing List
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911505	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6753	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000693	2016-10-18
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55760	2016-10-18
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11254.php	2016-10-18
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:017	2016-10-18
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-028.html	2016-10-18
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-035.html	2016-10-18
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1160	2003-02-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616852	2003-02-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				7.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "7.1"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				7.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "7.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				7.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "7.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected