MEDIUM
eterm: unsafe defaulting to using :0 when DISPLAY is unset
Published Apr 7, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.31%
Description
Eterm 0.9.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if -display is not specified and the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.31% 0.00306
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00306
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 | 0.31% (0.00306) | 21.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00306) | 22.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 11.01th | 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 (1)
References (9)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29577 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1692 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441458 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1692
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1692
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29577 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1692 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441458 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1692 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1692 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 7, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 7, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1692
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a