{"id":"CVE-2008-1142","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections.  NOTE: it was later reported that ","description":"rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections.  NOTE: it was later reported that rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, and wterm are also affected.  NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.","publishedAt":"2008-04-07T17:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-07T08:08:57.701Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html","http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/122","http://secunia.com/advisories/30226","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512","http://secunia.com/advisories/30229","http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469296","http://secunia.com/advisories/31687","http://secunia.com/advisories/30225","http://secunia.com/advisories/30227","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml","http://secunia.com/advisories/30224","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:161","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:221","http://secunia.com/advisories/29576"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:38:49.659Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2008/1xxx/CVE-2008-1142.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2008-1142","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2008-04-07T17:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T08:08:57.701Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2008-03-04T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections.  NOTE: it was later reported that rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, and wterm are also affected.  NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html","name":"SUSE-SR:2008:017","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"]},{"url":"http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/122","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30226","name":"30226","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512","name":"28512","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30229","name":"30229","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469296","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31687","name":"31687","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30225","name":"30225","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30227","name":"30227","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml","name":"GLSA-200805-03","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30224","name":"30224","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:161","name":"MDVSA-2008:161","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:221","name":"MDVSA-2008:221","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29576","name":"29576","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2008-05-13T09:00:00.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2008-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2008-1142","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections.  NOTE: it was later reported that rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, and wterm are also affected.  NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"SUSE-SR:2008:017","refsource":"SUSE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html"},{"name":"http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/122","refsource":"MISC","url":"http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/122"},{"name":"30226","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30226"},{"name":"28512","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512"},{"name":"30229","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30229"},{"name":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469296","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469296"},{"name":"31687","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31687"},{"name":"30225","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30225"},{"name":"30227","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30227"},{"name":"GLSA-200805-03","refsource":"GENTOO","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml"},{"name":"30224","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30224"},{"name":"MDVSA-2008:161","refsource":"MANDRIVA","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:161"},{"name":"MDVSA-2008:221","refsource":"MANDRIVA","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:221"},{"name":"29576","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29576"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html","name":"SUSE-SR:2008:017","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/122","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30226","name":"30226","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512","name":"28512","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30229","name":"30229","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469296","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31687","name":"31687","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30225","name":"30225","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30227","name":"30227","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml","name":"GLSA-200805-03","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30224","name":"30224","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:161","name":"MDVSA-2008:161","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:221","name":"MDVSA-2008:221","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29576","name":"29576","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T08:08:57.701Z"}}]}}}