CVE-2006-4447
N/A
Published: August 30, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM UTC
9 products affected across 1 vendorX11R6Xorg ServerX11R7
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
X.Org and XFree86, including libX11, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xtrans, and xterm, does not check the return values for setuid and seteuid calls when attempting to drop privileges, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing those calls to fail, such as by exceeding a ulimit.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (17)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-June/016146.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/beast/2006-December/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/21650Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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