Vulnerability in Netbsd
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.
EPSS: 0.003 (22.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Netbsd — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
- Sun Solaris — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.8, 5.9
- X.org Xdm
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)