Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-1071

Title: iCal installer disables Xauthority via xhost + localhost allowing X event snooping

Information disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-1071.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 11, 2000

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.15%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-1071: The GUI installation for iCal 2.1 Patch 2 disables access control for the X server using an "xhost +" command, which allows remote attackers to monitor X Windows events and gain privileges.

Impacted Vendors

netscape 1

Reference Links

http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a100900-1.txt http://www.osvdb.org/7213 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1767 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5752 http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a100900-1.txt http://www.osvdb.org/7213 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1767 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5752

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-1071 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 11, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.