CVE-2006-5215

LOW 2.6CVE-2006-5215 · Published 10/10/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-5215 is a LOW (CVSS 2.6) vulnerability affecting xdm (x.org).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.30%, higher than 23.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xdm x.org	`≤ 1.0.3`	No fix yet

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/22992
securitytracker.com/id
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl
bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29427
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2205

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