CVE-2005-0579

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

nxagent in FreeNX before 0.2.8 does not properly handle when the XAUTHORITY environment variable is not set, which allows local users to access the X server without X authentication.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 25, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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