CVE-2006-4655 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Strcmp function of the XKEYBOARD extension within the X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, impacting SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and Sun Solaris 8 through 10. This local vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, but allowing for potential privilege escalation, as well as compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB for various affected platforms. Despite the availability of exploits, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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