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This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
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.
Source: MITRE Description Last Modified: 10/10/2006
Base Score: 2.6 LOW Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend) Impact Subscore: 4.9 Exploitability Subscore: 1.9
Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): High Authentication (AU): None Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availability (A): None Additional Information: Allows unauthorized disclosure of informationAllows unauthorized modification
This vulnerability is addressed in the following product updates: X.org, xdm, 2006-03-17 NetBSD, NetBSD, Current 2006-02-12 Sun, Solaris, 10 2006-10-06
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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OR *cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR *cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR *cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR *cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR *cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR *cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR *cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2205 [No Types Assigned]
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2205 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29427 [No Types Assigned]
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29427 [No Types Assigned]