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CVE-2008-1692

Published: Apr 7, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-264
6.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 77.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Eterm 0.9.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if -display is not specified and the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

Gentoo Foundation Inc.
oss-project·US
Gentoo LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
eterm
oss-project
etermOn-prem
Consumer Software
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127
bugs.debian.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577
secunia.com
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