CVE-2006-5214 describes a race condition in the Xsession script, affecting X Display Manager (xdm) in NetBSD, X.Org, and Solaris versions. This flaw allows a brief window where a user's Xsession errors file has weak permissions before a chmod operation, enabling local users to read other users' Xsession error logs. With a CVSS score of 1.2, it is considered low severity, requiring local access and high attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.99.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.99.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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