// For flags

CVE-2008-1483

openssh may set DISPLAY even if it's unable to listen on respective port

Severity Score

5.3
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

OpenSSH 4.3p2, and probably other versions, allows local users to hijack forwarded X connections by causing ssh to set DISPLAY to :10, even when another process is listening on the associated port, as demonstrated by opening TCP port 6010 (IPv4) and sniffing a cookie sent by Emacs.

OpenSSH 4.3p2 y probablemente otras versiones, permite a usuarios locales secuestrar conexiones X enviadas provocando que ssh ponga DISPLAY a :10, incluso cuando otro proceso está escuchando en el puerto asociado, como se demostró abriendo el puerto TCp 6010 (IPv4) y escaneando una cookie enviada por Emacs.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2008-03-24 CVE Reserved
  • 2008-03-24 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CAPEC
References (56)
URL Tag Source
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc X_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011 X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/30347 Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227 X_refsource_confirm
http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html X_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm X_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120 X_refsource_confirm
http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28444 Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019707 Vdb Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0994/references Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1123/references Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1124/references Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1448/references Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1526/references Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1630/references Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396 Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41438 Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397 X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6085 Signature
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc 2018-10-11
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841 2018-10-11
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html 2018-10-11
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29522 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29537 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29554 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29626 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29676 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29683 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29686 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29721 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29735 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29873 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29939 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/30086 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/30230 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/30249 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/30361 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/31531 2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 2018-10-11
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc 2018-10-11
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237444-1 2018-10-11
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1 2018-10-11
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483 2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576 2018-10-11
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml 2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:078 2018-10-11
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188 2018-10-11
https://usn.ubuntu.com/597-1 2018-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1483 2005-10-05
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439079 2005-10-05
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Openbsd
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 Openssh
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 4.3p2
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Affected