CVE-2015-8308

HIGH

lxdm < 0.5.1 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via X Server Connection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

LXDM before 0.5.2 did not start X server with -auth, which allows local users to bypass authentication with X connections.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284460
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/20/6

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0039
EPSS Percentile 30.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
lxdm_project/lxdm < 0.5.1
Published Aug 24, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026