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CVE-2009-1756
SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.46%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 59% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and (2) switchuser.cpp, which allows local users to access the X session by listing the process and its arguments.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 59% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- 54583 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- slim-xauthority-info-disclosure(50611) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 35015 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-13551 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 38070 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-13552 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090518 CVE id request: slim (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 35132 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-1751 (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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