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xlockmore User Supplied Format String Vulnerability

xlock -d %x%x%x%x%x

If this results in a message such as:
xlock: unable to open display dfbfd958402555e1ea748dfbfd958dfbfd654.

it is likely your system is vulnerable.

exploit tested on OpenBSD 2.6 i386:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/xlockx.c
• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/linxlockfmt.c