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CVE-2009-1756

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2009-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and (2) switchuser.cpp, which allows local users to access the X session by listing the process and its arguments.

Affected products

• Simone Rota Slim Simple Login Manager: 1.3.0

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306
• http://osvdb.org/54583
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35132
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38070
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35015
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50611
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00000.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00009.html
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306
• http://osvdb.org/54583
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35132

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