{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2002-1160", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "VU#911505", "refsource": "CERT-VN", "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911505" }, { "name": "55760", "refsource": "SUNALERT", "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55760" }, { "name": "CLA-2003:693", "refsource": "CONECTIVA", "url": "http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000693" }, { "name": "20021214 BDT_AV200212140001: Insecure default: Using pam_xauth for su from sh-utils package", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104431622818954&w=2" }, { "name": "linux-pamxauth-gain-privileges(11254)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11254.php" }, { "name": "RHSA-2003:035", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-035.html" }, { "name": "RHSA-2003:028", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-028.html" }, { "name": "6753", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6753" }, { "name": "MDKSA-2003:017", "refsource": "MANDRAKE", "url": "http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:017" } ] } }