VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-1483

CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-03-24
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

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