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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:27.600Z
Reserved: 2002-09-26T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2002-1160

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2003-02-19T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2002-1160
