CVE-2001-1086 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

XDM in XFree86 3.3 and 3.3.3 generates easily guessable cookies using gettimeofday() when compiled with the HasXdmXauth option, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the X display via a brute force attack.

Published: 2002-03-15

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 5.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1067	XDM in XFree86 3.3 and 3.3.3 generates easily guessable cookies using gettimeofday() when compiled with the HasXdmXauth option, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the X display via a brute force attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05444.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195008
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/194907
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2985
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6808

History

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Subscriptions

Xfree86 Project X11r6

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-15T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:44:07.287Z

Reserved: 2002-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1086

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-07-04T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1086

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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