CVE-2015-8308

high
Published 2017-08-24 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
4.6
VIR risk
7.8

Description

LXDM before 0.5.2 did not start X server with -auth, which allows local users to bypass authentication with X connections.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8308

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0.5.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0.5.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed0.5.3-1
debian debiansidfixed0.5.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.5.3-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
lxdm_projectlxdm{"endIncluding":"0.5.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.