CVE-2000-1060

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-12-11 · updated 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 products

Xfree86 Project Xfce: 3.5.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0022.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1736
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5305
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0022.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1736
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5305

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