CVE-2006-5215 (GCVE-0-2006-5215)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-10-09 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:41
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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