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CVE-2001-1086

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2001-07-04 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Xfree86 Project X11R6

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References