xdm race
Published Oct 9, 2006
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00361) | 27.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00342) | 25.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00057) | 15.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 30.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 28.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 3, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 26.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 12.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (17)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22323 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22439 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22469 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22992 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017015 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatch
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32804 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20400 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-364-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3962 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5214 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5897 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230007 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5214
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1760 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5214
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.