CVE-2001-1409

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-07-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

dexconf in XFree86 Xserver 4.1.0-2 creates the /dev/dri directory with insecure permissions (666), which allows local users to replace or create files in the root file system.

Affected products

Xfree86 Project Xfree86 X Server: 4.1.0.2

References

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=20010829121505.A16004%40compusol.com.au
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-228529-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1017429.1-1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=20010829121505.A16004%40compusol.com.au
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-228529-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1017429.1-1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html

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