Vulnerability in SCO Unixware
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- SCO Unixware — versions 7.1.3
- Sun Solaris — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905 (vdb-entry)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21856 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1798 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21815 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21993 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-4655?
- CVE-2006-4655 is a vulnerability in SCO Unixware. Published 2006-09-09.
- Is CVE-2006-4655 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.