CVE-2006-5214

no score yetEPSS 0.4%

Race condition in the Xsession script, as used by X Display Manager (xdm) in NetBSD before 20060212, X.Org before 20060225, and Solaris 8 through 10 before 20061006, causes a user's Xsession errors file to have weak permissions before a chmod is performed, which allows local users to read Xsession errors files of other users.

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 29% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2006-10-10
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

netbsd:netbsd
sun:solaris
sun:sunos

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22323
http://secunia.com/advisories/22439
http://secunia.com/advisories/22469
http://secunia.com/advisories/22992
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017015

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