CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-25697

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server due to a lack of authentication for X11 clients. This flaw allows an attacker to take control of an X application by impersonating the server it is expecting to connect to.

4.4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q4/105 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1895295 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-05-26 01:15

Updated : 2023-02-12 11:40

NVD link : CVE-2020-25697

Mitre link : CVE-2020-25697

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-306