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    CVE-2006-4655

    Buffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and Sun Solaris 8 through 10, allows local users to gain privileges via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable value.

    Published:Sep 9, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 9, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00649
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Sco
    Product
    Unixware
    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Solaris

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2332https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2330https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2331https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2360

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2005-2934 (CVSS 7.2) — Unspecified vulnerability in ptrace in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and 7.1.4 allows local users to gain privileges via …
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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/21815
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21845
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21856
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21993
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016806
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm
    http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txt
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21815
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21845
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21856
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21993
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016806
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm
    http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txt
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High