CVE-2015-3164
The authentication setup in XWayland 1.16.x and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 starts the server in non-authenticating mode, which allows local users to read from or send information to arbitrary X11 clients via vectors involving a UNIX socket.
Published:Jun 10, 2015
Last Modified:Aug 29, 2025
EPS:Jul 1, 2015
EPSS Score:0.00065
CVSS Score:3.6
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Opensuse
Product
Opensuse
Opensuse
Opensuse
Vendor
X.org
Product
X Server
X.org
X Server
Vendor
X.org
Product
Xorg-server
X.org
Xorg-server
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
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
