CVE-2000-1060

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 2000-12-11 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-1060, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

The default configuration of XFCE 3.5.1 bypasses the Xauthority access control mechanism with an "xhost + localhost" command in the xinitrc program, which allows local users to sniff X Windows traffic and gain privileges.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-1060

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P