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CVE-1999-0526

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1997-07-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

An X server's access control is disabled (e.g. through an "xhost +" command) and allows anyone to connect to the server.

Affected products

• X.Org X11: 7.1_1.1.0

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/704969
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/704969

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