The Xsession script, as used by X Display Manager (xdm) in NetBSD before 20060212, X.Org before 20060317, and Solaris 8 through 10 before…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1017015 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 22992 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2205 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• xdm-xsession-symlink(29427) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 102652 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-5215](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-5215.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-5215)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 19:41 UTC.