CVE-2006-5215

Current 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.

Evaluator Description

This vulnerability is addressed in the following product updates:X.org, xdm, 2006-03-17NetBSD, NetBSD, Current 2006-02-12Sun, Solaris, 10 2006-10-06

Basic Data

Published	October 10, 2006
Last Modified	October 30, 2018
Assigner	cve@mitre.org
Data Type	CVE
Data Format	MITRE
Data Version	4.0
Problem Type	NVD-CWE-Other
CVE Data Version	4.0

Base Metric V2

CVSS 2 - Version	2.0
CVSS 2 - Vector String	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS 2 - Access Vector	LOCAL
CVSS 2 - Access Complexity	HIGH
CVSS 2 - Authentication	NONE
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality Impact	PARTIAL
CVSS 2 - Availability Impact	NONE
CVSS 2 - Base Score	2.6
Severity	LOW
Exploitability Score	1.9
Impact Score	4.9
Obtain All Privilege	false
Obtain User Privilege	false
Obtain Other Privilege	false

Base Metric V3

No data provided.

Configurations

OR - Configuration 1

Cpe Version	Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	SW Edition	Target SW	Target HW	Other	Version Start Including	Version End Including	Version Start Excluding	Version End Excluding
2.3	Application	X.org	Xdm	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*		1.0.3

OR - Configuration 2

Cpe Version	Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	SW Edition	Target SW	Target HW	Other	Version End Including
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.2.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4	*	alpha	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4	*	arm32	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4	*	sparc	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4	*	x86	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.1	*	alpha	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.1	*	arm32	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.1	*	sh3	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.1	*	sparc	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.1	*	x86	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.2	*	alpha	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.2	*	arm32	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.2	*	sparc	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.2	*	x86	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.5	*	sh3	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.5	*	x86	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.5.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.6	beta	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.6.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	1.6.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	2.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	2.0.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	2.0.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	2.0.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	2.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	3.99.15	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Netbsd	Netbsd	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	current
2.3	OS	Sun	Solaris	8.0	*	sparc	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Solaris	8.0	*	x86	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Solaris	8.0	beta	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Solaris	9.0	*	sparc	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Solaris	9.0	*	x86	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Solaris	9.0	x86_update_2	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Solaris	10.0	*	sparc	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Sunos	5.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Sunos	5.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Vulnerable Software List

Vendor	Product	Versions
Netbsd	Netbsd	*, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.1, 3.0, 3.99.15, 4.0
X.org	Xdm	*
Sun	Solaris	10.0, 8.0, 9.0
Sun	Sunos	5.8, 5.9

References

Name	Source	URL
22992	http://secunia.com/advisories/22992	SECUNIA
1017015	http://securitytracker.com/id?1017015	SECTRACK
102652	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1	SUNALERT
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm	http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm	CONFIRM
http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805	http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805	CONFIRM
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898	CONFIRM
xdm-xsession-symlink(29427)	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29427	XF
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2205	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2205	OVAL