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CVE-2006-4124

The libXm library in LessTif 0.95.0 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via the DEBUG_FILE environment variable, which is used to create world-writable files when libXm is run from a setuid program.

Published

2006-08-14T23:04:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	lesstif	lesstif	≤ 0.95.0	Yes
Application	lesstif	lesstif	0.93.94	Yes

References

http://karol.wiesek.pl/files/lesstif-advisory.pdf Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/21428 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19430 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3230 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28298 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2144 ([email protected])
http://karol.wiesek.pl/files/lesstif-advisory.pdf Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21428 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19430 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3230 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28298 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2144 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)