{"cve":"CVE-2008-1142","nvd":{"published":"2008-04-07T17:44:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:51:04.810","status":"Modified","description":"rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections.  NOTE: it was later reported that rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, and wterm are also affected.  NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/122","http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469296","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/29576","http://secunia.com/advisories/30224"],"products":["aterm:aterm","eterm:eterm","mrxvt:mrxvt","multi-aterm:multi-aterm","rxvt-unicode:rxvt-unicode","rxvt:rxvt","wterm:wterm"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-1142","score":0.00363,"percentile":0.30166,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}