CVE-2009-1573

Exp

xvfb-run 1.6.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora 10, and possibly other operating systems place the magic cookie (MCOOKIE) on the command line, which allows local users to gain privileges by listing the process and its arguments.

Published: 2009-05-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1573 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-1573

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1573

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.46% +0.39%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1573

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1573

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-1573

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2009-1573 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xorg-server), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1573
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1573
ubuntu low CVE-2009-1573 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xorg-server), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): not-affected 3, ignored 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1573

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1573

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian debian_linux — cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat fedora 10 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubuntu linux — cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
branden_robinson xvfb-run 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:branden_robinson:xvfb-run:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1573

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