CVE-2000-1060 — The default configuration of XFCE 3.5.1 bypasses the Xauthority access control mechanism with an "xhost + localhost" command in the xinitrc program, which allows local users to sniff X Windows traffic and gain privileges

Back Back to CVE browser

MEDIUM

The default configuration of XFCE 3.5.1 bypasses the Xauthority access control mechanism with an "xhost + localhost" command in the xinitrc program, which allows local users to sniff X Windows traffic and gain privileges

Published Jan 22, 2001

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

The default configuration of XFCE 3.5.1 bypasses the Xauthority access control mechanism with an "xhost + localhost" command in the xinitrc program, which allows local users to sniff X Windows traffic and gain privileges.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00337

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00337

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.34% (0.00337)	24.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.34% (0.00337)	25.33th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00066)	17.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0022.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1736
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5305
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0022.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1736		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5305		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 22, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Nov 29, 2000

Link CVE-2000-1060

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-1060

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2000-1060