5.1 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
78.6%
The default configuration of SSH allows X forwarding, which could allow a remote attacker to control a client’s X sessions via a malicious xauth program.