CVE-2008-1692: Eterm

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Eterm 0.9.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if -display is not specified and the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.

Affected products

• Eterm Eterm: version 0.9.4 only

Published 2008-04-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.