CVE-2009-1756
SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and (2) switchuser.cpp, which allows local users to access the X
02 Description
SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and (2) switchuser.cpp, which allows local users to access the X
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-05-22 01:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-05-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5d20747a2c52f2d905faafef61688a65e033b11a7eaf0670d685f6b00fbed11d
05 Affected products
06 References
- osvdb.org54583http://osvdb.org/54583
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comslim-xauthority-info-disclosure(50611)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50611
- www.securityfocus.com35015http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35015
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-13551https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00000.html
- secunia.com38070http://secunia.com/advisories/38070
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-13552https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00009.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090518 CVE id request: slimhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/2
- secunia.com35132http://secunia.com/advisories/35132
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- slim Fixed in 1.3.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- slim Fixed in 1.3.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- slim Fixed in 1.3.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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