Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2002-1160
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.43%
Original Filing — NVD Description
The default configuration of the pam_xauth module forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by stealing the cookies from a temporary .xauth file, which is created with the original user's credentials after root uses su.