CVE-2006-5215
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5215
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2006-5215.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2006-5215
- Downstream
- Published
- 2006-10-10T04:06:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- 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