SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and…

Description

SLiM Simple Login Manager 1.3.0 places the X authority magic cookie (mcookie) on the command line when invoking xauth from (1) app.cpp and (2) switchuser.cpp, which allows local users to access the X session by listing the process and its arguments.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 54583 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• slim-xauthority-info-disclosure(50611) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 35015 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-13551 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 38070 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529306 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-13552 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090518 CVE id request: slim (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 35132 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-1756](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-1756.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-1756)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:27 UTC.