CVE-2006-5215
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2006-5215 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2006-10-10 04:06:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
HighAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4 | All | alpha | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4 | All | arm32 | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4 | All | sparc | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4 | All | x86 | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.1 | All | alpha | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.1 | All | arm32 | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.1 | All | sh3 | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.1 | All | sparc | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.1 | All | x86 | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.2 | All | alpha | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.2 | All | arm32 | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.2 | All | sparc | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.2 | All | x86 | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.5 | All | sh3 | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.5 | All | x86 | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.6 | beta | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 3.99.15 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netbsd | Netbsd | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Solaris | 10.0 | All | sparc | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Solaris | 8.0 | All | sparc | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Solaris | 8.0 | All | x86 | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Solaris | 8.0 | beta | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Solaris | 9.0 | All | sparc | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Solaris | 9.0 | All | x86 | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Solaris | 9.0 | x86_update_2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 5.8 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 5.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | X.org | Xdm | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetBSD Problem Report #32805: there's a /tmp file creation race condition in Xsession | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.netbsd.org | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Avaya CMS Sun Solaris X Display Manager Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SecurityTracker.com Archives - Xdm May Let Local Users View the Error Log Files of a Target User | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytracker.com | |
| 5898 – xorg starts then hangs on restart with fglrx | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.freedesktop.org | |
| ASA-2006-250 (SUN 102606, 102636, 102640, 102648, 102651, 102652, 102655, 102657) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| #200413: Security Vulnerability in X Display Manager (xdm(1)) Xsession Script | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2007-03-14 | Mark J Cox | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.