CVE-2006-5214
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CVE-2006-5214 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Netbsd | Netbsd | 3.0 |
| Netbsd | Netbsd | 3.99.15 |
| Sun | Solaris | 9.0 |
| Sun | Solaris | 10.0 |
| Sun | Sunos | 5.8 |
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