CVE-2008-1483
Apache OpenSSH X Connection Hijacking vulnerability
Description
OpenSSH 4.3p2, and probably other versions, allows local users to hijack forwarded X connections by causing ssh to set DISPLAY to :10, even when another process is listening on the associated port, as demonstrated by opening TCP port 6010 (IPv4) and sniffing a cookie sent by Emacs.
INFO
Published Date :
March 24, 2008, 11:44 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.4
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2008-1483 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2008-1483 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2008-1483 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc Added Reference http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011 Added Reference http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841 Added Reference http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841 Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29522 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29537 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29554 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29626 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29676 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29683 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29686 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29721 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29735 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29873 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29939 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30086 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30230 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30249 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30347 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30361 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31531 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 Added Reference http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc Added Reference http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237444-1 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1 Added Reference http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm Added Reference http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483 Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576 Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml Added Reference http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:078 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28444 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019707 Added Reference http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0994/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1123/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1124/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1448/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1526/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1630/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41438 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6085 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/597-1/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-597-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/597-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6085 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6085 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41438 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41438 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-1483 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-1483
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Exploit Prediction
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0.14 }} 0.01%
score
0.29966
percentile