CVE-2006-5215
N/A
Published: October 9, 2006 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsSolarisSunosNetBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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.
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:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htmx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29427VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2205Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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