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CVE-1999-0241

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1995-11-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Guessable magic cookies in X Windows allows remote attackers to execute commands, e.g. through xterm.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: all versions
• Sun Solaris: 2.5, 2.5.1, 7.0
• Sunos: all versions
• Xfree86 Project X11R6: all versions

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0241
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0241

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