CVE-2008-1142 describes a vulnerability in rxvt 2.6.4 and several other terminal emulators (rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, wterm) where a terminal window is opened on the local display (:0) if the DISPLAY environment variable is unset. This could allow a local attacker to potentially hijack X11 connections, though realistic attack scenarios require the victim to execute a command on an unintended machine. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.7 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating local access, high attack complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aterm:aterm:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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