CVE-2006-5215

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.

Published: 2006-10-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5215 is rated Low Risk (18.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5215

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.30% +0.23%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5215

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 1.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5215

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5215

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5215: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5215
debian low CVE-2006-5215 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xdm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5215
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5215

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5215

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product updates: X.org, xdm, 2006-03-17 NetBSD, NetBSD, Current 2006-02-12 Sun, Solaris, 10 2006-10-06

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-5215

  • Red Hat (2007-03-14T00:00:00)

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5215

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
x.org xdm <= 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xdm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd <= current cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.2 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.3 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:arm32:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:arm32:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:sh3:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2:*:arm32:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.5 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.5 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5:*:sh3:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.5 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.6 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.6 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 3.99.15 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.99.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:x86_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.8 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.9 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5215

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