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CVE-2000-1071
The GUI installation for iCal 2.1 Patch 2 disables access control for the X server using an "xhost +" command, which allows remote…
High10.0EPSS 3.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The GUI installation for iCal 2.1 Patch 2 disables access control for the X server using an "xhost +" command, which allows remote attackers to monitor X Windows events and gain privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 54 days later
· 54 days later
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- ical-xhost-gain-privileges(5752) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- A100900-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKEx_transferred
- 1767 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 7213 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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