CVE-2006-4447 — Xf86dga vulnerability
6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 60.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 30
Latest updateMay 1
Description
X.Org and XFree86, including libX11, xdm, xf86dga, xinit, xload, xtrans, and xterm, does not check the return values for setuid and seteuid calls when attempting to drop privileges, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing those calls to fail, such as by exceeding a ulimit.
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0