CVE-2017-2625CWE-331

It was discovered that libXdmcp before 1.1.2 including used weak entropy to generate session keys

Medium · published July 27, 2018

CVSS v3.0
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

It was discovered that libXdmcp before 1.1.2 including used weak entropy to generate session keys. On a multi-user system using xdmcp, a local attacker could potentially use information available from the process list to brute force the key, allowing them to hijack other users' sessions.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00534 · 44.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-331 · Insufficient Entropy
Published
2018-07-27T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 JUL 18:00Z
    It was discovered that libXdmcp before 1.1.2 including used weak entropy to generate session keys
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