CVE-2009-1573 (GCVE-0-2009-1573)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-05-06 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 05:20
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
xvfb-run 1.6.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora 10, and possibly other operating systems place the magic cookie (MCOOKIE) on the command line, which allows local users to gain privileges by listing the process and its arguments.
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