CVE-2020-25697
Published: 26 May 2021
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | as of 2021-05-19, there is no upstream fix for this issue. This is a long-standing X11 design limitation and is difficult to exploit. We will not be releasing updates for this issue. |
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 7.0