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CVE-2008-1692

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1692 describes a vulnerability in Eterm 0.9.4 where, under specific conditions (no -display specified and unset DISPLAY environment variable), it opens a terminal window on :0. This could allow a local attacker to hijack X11 connections, though a realistic attack requires victim interaction on the wrong machine. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and high 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eterm:eterm:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 18th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1692Low

eterm: unsafe defaulting to using :0 when DISPLAY is unset

Mar 27, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/29577
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/28512