CVE-2006-5215

lowpriority · track · 10OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.30% (23rd) EPSS

CVSS 2.6 · low

Is it mine?

35 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

2.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.02.6lowAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.9 · impact 4.9

v2.02.2lowAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-345USLLM-inferredCWE-59USLLM-inferred

affected products (35)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
netbsd netbsd≤ currentnvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2006-10-10modified 2026-06-16

references (16)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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