CVE-ID

CVE-1999-0241
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Description
Guessable magic cookies in X Windows allows remote attackers to execute commands, e.g. through xterm.
References
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
19990607 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Modified (19990925)
Votes (Legacy)
ACCEPT(3) Hill, Northcutt, Proctor
MODIFY(2) Frech, Prosser
NOOP(1) Baker
REVIEWING(1) Christey
Comments (Legacy) 
 Frech> Also add to references:
   XF:sol-mkcookie
 Prosser> additional source
   Bugtraq
   "X11 cookie hijacker"
   http://www.securityfocus.com
 Christey> The cookie hijacker thread has to do with stealing cookies
   through a file with bad permissions.  I'm not sure the
   X-Force reference identifies this problem either.
 Christey> CIAC:G-04
   URL:http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/g-04.shtml
   SGI:19960601-01-I
   URL:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19960601-01-I
   CERT:VB-95:08
Proposed (Legacy)
19990630
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