FKIE_CVE-2006-5215
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-10-10 04:06 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:30
Severity
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.
References
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