CVE-2006-0577 — Lexmark X1185 printer allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges by navigating to the "Appearance" dialog and selecting the "Additional styles (skins) are available on the Lexmark web site" option, which launches a web browser that is running with SYSTEM privileges

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HIGH

Lexmark X1185 printer allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges by navigating to the "Appearance" dialog and selecting the "Additional styles (skins) are available on the Lexmark web site" option, which launches a web browser that is running with SYSTEM privileges

Published Feb 8, 2006

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

Lexmark X1185 printer allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges by navigating to the "Appearance" dialog and selecting the "Additional styles (skins) are available on the Lexmark web site" option, which launches a web browser that is running with SYSTEM privileges.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00341

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00341

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.34% (0.00341)	25.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.34% (0.00344)	26.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00049)	12.36th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/18728
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424322/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16534
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0482
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24596
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/18728		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424322/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16534		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0482		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24596		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 8, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 7, 2006

Link CVE-2006-0577

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-0577

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-0577