CVE-2006-4124

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-4124
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-08-14 23:04:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-19 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe libXm library in LessTif 0.95.0 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via the DEBUG_FILE environment variable, which is used to create world-writable files when libXm is run from a setuid program.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lesstif Lesstif 0.93.94 All All All
Application Lesstif Lesstif All All All All
Application Lesstif Lesstif 0.93.94 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
karol.wiesek.pl/files/lesstif-advisory.pdf MISC karol.wiesek.pl Exploit, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
LessTif Debug Feature Local Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
liblesstif <= 2-0.93.94-4mdk (DEBUG_FILE) Local Root Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
LessTif "DEBUG_FILE" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-16Mark J CoxLessTif is shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 but not 3 or 4. On Enterprise Linux 2.1 we build LessTif with debugging disabled, so the DEBUG_FILE environment variable is ignored and this issue cannot be exploited.
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