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CVE-2001-1086
XDM in XFree86 3.3 and 3.3.3 generates easily guessable cookies using gettimeofday() when compiled with the HasXdmXauth option, which…
High7.5EPSS 2.8%
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- mitre
Description
XDM in XFree86 3.3 and 3.3.3 generates easily guessable cookies using gettimeofday() when compiled with the HasXdmXauth option, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the X display via a brute force attack.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · 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 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- xdm-cookie-brute-force(6808) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20010705 Re: xdm cookies fast brute force (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010704 xdm cookies fast brute force (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2985 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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