CVE-2006-5215

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    CVE-2006-5215

    Published: 10 Oct 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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

    Affected packages

    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