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CVE-2000-1060

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2000-12-11 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The default configuration of XFCE 3.5.1 bypasses the Xauthority access control mechanism with an "xhost + localhost" command in the xinitrc program, which allows local users to sniff X Windows traffic and gain privileges.

Affected Platforms

Xfree86 Project Xfce

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References