CVE-2006-4124 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in LessTif 0.95.0 and earlier, specifically within its libXm library. An attacker can exploit this by manipulating the DEBUG_FILE environment variable when libXm is executed by a setuid program, leading to the creation of world-writable files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity with local access, low attack complexity, and potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.95.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lesstif:lesstif:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.93.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lesstif:lesstif:0.93.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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