CVE-2015-8308 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in LXDM versions prior to 0.5.2, affecting the lxdm_project lxdm display manager. This flaw allows local users to bypass authentication for X connections because the X server was not started with the "-auth" option. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lxdm_project:lxdm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.