CVE-2004-0157: Xonix

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

x11.c in xonix 1.4 and earlier uses the current working directory to find and execute the rmail program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the path to point to a malicious rmail program.

Affected products

• Xonix Xonix: up to and including 1.4

Published 2004-06-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.