CVE-2006-4124
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.6)—
La biblioteca libXm en LessTif 0.95.0 y anteriores permite a usuarios locales escalar privilegios mediante la variable de entorno DEBUG_FILE, la cual se utiliza para crear archivos modificables por todo el mundo cuando libXm se ejecuta desde un programa con setuid activado.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 4.6
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.45%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 37
- Fecha de la puntuación: 8/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
- http://karol.wiesek.pl/files/lesstif-advisory.pdf
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21428
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19430
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3230
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28298
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2144
- http://karol.wiesek.pl/files/lesstif-advisory.pdf
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21428
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19430
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3230
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28298
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2144
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