Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 4, 2001· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2001-1086

Description

XDM in XFree86 3.3 and 3.3.3 generates easily guessable cookies using gettimeofday() when compiled with the HasXdmXauth option, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the X display via a brute force attack.

Affected products

Xorg/X11r62 versions
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/194907nvdExploitVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/2985nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195008nvdVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6808nvd

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