VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-5215
The Xsession script, as used by X Display Manager (xdm) in NetBSD before 20060212, X.Org before 20060317, and Solaris 8 through 10 before 20061006, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, or read another user's Xsession errors file, via a…
LOW 2.6EPSS 0.30%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Xsession script, as used by X Display Manager (xdm) in NetBSD before 20060212, X.Org before 20060317, and Solaris 8 through 10 before 20061006, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, or read another user's Xsession errors file, via a symlink attack on a /tmp/xses-$USER file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- x.org/xdm · netbsd/netbsd · sun/solaris · sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22992
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017015
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
- http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29427
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22992
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017015
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
- http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29427
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2205
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.