GCVE-VVD-CERTCC-2006-300368

Advisory Published

Vulnetix · Advisory published August 29, 2006

Programs distributed as part of the X.Org software distribution fail to properly handle test results for effective user ID. This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation.

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Risk Scores

certcc-cam

impact4population20exploitation0widely_known15score_current0.0675ease_of_exploitation3

certcc-vrda

d1_impact2d1_population3d1_direct_report0

Aliases

CVE-2006-4447

Transitive aliases

GSD-2006-4447 BDU:2015-09522 GHSA-3cp9-g7w3-6jqq

References

X.Org fails to check for setuid failure on Linux systems

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X.Org fails to check for setuid failure on Linux systems

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X.Org fails to check for setuid failure on Linux systems

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X.Org fails to check for setuid failure on Linux systems

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X.Org fails to check for setuid failure on Linux systems

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X.Org fails to check for setuid failure on Linux systems

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X.Org fails to check for setuid failure on Linux systems

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X.Org fails to check for setuid failure on Linux systems

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