CVE-2009-1756
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1751)
- Published
- May 22, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1751 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- simone rota / slim simple login manager
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/54583
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35132(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38070(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35015
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50611
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00000.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00009.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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