CVE-2009-1756

LOW 2.1CVE-2009-1756 · Published 22/05/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-1756 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting slim simple login manager (simone rota).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.46%, higher than 40.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
slim simple login manager simone_rota	`= 1.3.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Exploit
osvdb.org/54583
secunia.com/advisories/35132 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/38070 · Vendor Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/2
securityfocus.com/bid/35015
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50611
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00000.html
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00009.html

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