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    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 symlink attack on a /tmp/xses-$USER file.

    Published:Feb 16, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Oct 9, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00079
    CVSS Score:2.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Netbsd
    Product
    Netbsd
    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Solaris
    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Sunos
    Vendor
    X.org
    Product
    Xdm

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    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

    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