CVE-2006-4655
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.6)—
Buffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and Sun Solaris 8 through 10, allows local users to gain privileges via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable value.
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: 0.90%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 58
- 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 (2)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21815
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21845
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21993
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016806
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm
- http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21815
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21845
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21993
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016806
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm
- http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798
JSON original (NVD)
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