Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-5214
Race condition in the Xsession script, as used by X Display Manager (xdm) in NetBSD before 20060212, X.Org before 20060225, and Solaris 8 through 10 before 20061006, causes a user's Xsession errors file to have weak permissions before a chmod is performed, which allows local users to read Xsession errors files of other users.
Products affected by CVE-2006-5214
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.99.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Threat overview for CVE-2006-5214
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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
554
IPs affected by CVE-2006-5214 2
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5214
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 19 %
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CVSS scores for CVE-2006-5214
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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1.2
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LOW | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
1.9
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2.9
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NIST |
Vendor statements for CVE-2006-5214
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Red Hat 2007-03-14Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
References for CVE-2006-5214
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1
Patch
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http://secunia.com/advisories/22323
About Secunia Research | Flexera
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1017015
Access Denied
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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5897
5897 – race condition on $HOME/.xsession-errors being readable
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3962
Site en construction
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http://secunia.com/advisories/22992
About Secunia Research | Flexera
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20400
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http://secunia.com/advisories/22469
About Secunia Research | Flexera
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http://secunia.com/advisories/22439
About Secunia Research | Flexera
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http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
ASA-2006-250 (SUN 102606, 102636, 102640, 102648, 102651, 102652, 102655, 102657)
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-364-1
USN-364-1: Xsession vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1760
404 Not Found
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http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32804
NetBSD Problem Report #32804: there's a race condition setting log file permissions in XsessionPatch
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