{"cve":"CVE-2006-5215","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-10T04:06:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:30:45.947","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/22992","http://securitytracker.com/id?1017015","http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1","http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm","http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=32805"],"products":["netbsd:netbsd","sun:solaris","sun:sunos","x.org:xdm"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-5215","score":0.00305,"percentile":0.23354,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}