CVE-2005-0579 describes a vulnerability in FreeNX before version 0.2.8, where the nxagent component fails to properly handle an unset XAUTHORITY environment variable. This flaw allows local users to bypass X authentication and gain unauthorized access to the X server. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freenx:freenx:0.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.