The default configuration of the pam_xauth module forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by stealing the cookies from a temporary .xauth file, which is created with the original user's credentials after root uses su.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00

Updated: 2010-05-21T00:00:00

Reserved: 2002-09-26T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2002-1160

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-02-19T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2016-10-18T02:24:16.047


Link: CVE-2002-1160

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