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    CVE-2008-1483

    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.

    Published:Jan 8, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 24, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00201
    CVSS Score:6.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Openbsd
    Product
    Openssh
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2026-73281 (CVSS 3.5) — In ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 10.5, some operations can occur remotely but were intended to occur only locall…
    CVE-2026-60002 (CVSS 7.7) — ssh in OpenSSH before 10.4 can have a use-after-free when a server changes its host key during a key re-exchan…
    CVE-2026-60001 (CVSS 6.5) — sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 does not always honor the minimum authentication delay.…
    CVE-2026-60000 (CVSS 3.7) — sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption from ex…
    CVE-2026-59999 (CVSS 5.9) — In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4, DisableForwarding=yes was supposed to take precedence over PermitTunnel=yes, b…
    CVE-2026-59998 (CVSS 4.8) — sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 has an undocumented security-relevant behavior: GSSAPIStrictAcceptorCheck has no v…
    CVE-2026-59997 (CVSS 4.2) — internal-sftp in sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 recognizes only the first 9 command-line arguments, which can be …
    CVE-2026-59996 (CVSS 4.2) — scp in OpenSSH before 10.4 may place a file in the parent directory of an intended directory when the copy occ…

    References

    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc
    http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29522
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29537
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29554
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29626
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29676
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29683
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29686
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29721
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29735
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29873
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29939
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30086
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30230
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30249
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30347
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30361
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31531
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
    http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237444-1
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1
    http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm
    http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml
    http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:078
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28444
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019707
    http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0994/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1123/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1124/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1448/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1526/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1630/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41438
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6085
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/597-1/
    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc
    http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29522
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29537
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29554
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29626
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29676
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29683
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29686
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29721
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29735
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29873
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29939
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30086
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30230
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30249
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30347
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30361
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31531
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
    http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237444-1
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1
    http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm
    http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml
    http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:078
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28444
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019707
    http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0994/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1123/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1124/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1448/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1526/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1630/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41438
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6085
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/597-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High