VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-1756

CVSS score2.1 NONE
EPSS probability0.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-05-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and (2) switchuser.cpp, which allows local users to access the X session by listing the process and its arguments.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-200

Primary references