xdm symlink attack
Published Oct 9, 2006
2.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.30%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- ≤ current
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.3
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.6
- 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
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 10.0
- 5.8
- 5.9
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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:P/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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00305) | 21.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00302) | 21.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00076) | 20.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 15.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 4, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 13.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- 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_SUNALERT
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5215 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230008 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29427 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5215
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2205 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5215
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| 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_SUNALERT | |
| http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5215 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5898 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230008 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29427 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5215 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2205 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5215 |
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