CVE-2007-0823

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-02-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

xterm on Slackware Linux 10.2 stores information that had been displayed for a different user account using the same xterm process, which might allow local users to bypass file permissions and read other users' files, or obtain other sensitive information, by reading the xterm process memory. NOTE: it could be argued that this is an expected consequence of multiple users sharing the same interactive process, in which case this is not a vulnerability.

Affected products

Slackware Linux: 10.2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0012.html
http://gotfault.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/a-funny-case/
http://osvdb.org/33651
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0012.html
http://gotfault.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/a-funny-case/
http://osvdb.org/33651

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