CVE-2006-4447
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.2)—
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
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.2
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: 6/10/2026
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 (9)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-June/016146.html
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/beast/2006-December/msg00025.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21650
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21660
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21693
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22332
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25059
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-25.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-22.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1193
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/300368
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:160
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19742
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23697
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3409
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0409
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-June/016146.html
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/beast/2006-December/msg00025.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21650
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21660
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21693
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22332
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25059
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-25.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-22.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1193
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/300368
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:160
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19742
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23697
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3409
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0409
JSON original (NVD)
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