CVE-2009-1573

CVE-2009-1573 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

xvfb-run 1.6.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora 10, and possibly other operating systems place the magic cookie (MCOOKIE) on the command line, which allows local users to gain privileges by listing the process and its arguments.

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