CVE-2008-1483

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…

published March 24, 2008

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00346 · 26.7th percentile
Published
2008-03-24T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 MAR 23:00Z
    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…
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