CVE-2006-4447
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-08-30 01:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7e2c5fcce83e53b82fe5283def015412d4b08088bc933ca3f312b9320673900b
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com21660http://secunia.com/advisories/21660
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:160http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:160
- lists.freedesktop.org[xorg] 20060620 X.Org security advisory: setuid return value check problemshttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-June/016146.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#300368http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/300368
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3409http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3409
- secunia.com21693http://secunia.com/advisories/21693
- www.debian.orgDSA-1193http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1193
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200704-22http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-22.xml
- secunia.com22332http://secunia.com/advisories/22332
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-0409http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0409
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200608-25http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-25.xml
- www.securityfocus.com23697http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23697
- secunia.com25059http://secunia.com/advisories/25059
- secunia.com25032http://secunia.com/advisories/25032
- mail.gnome.org[beast] 20061228 ANNOUNCE: BEAST/BSE v0.7.1http://mail.gnome.org/archives/beast/2006-December/msg00025.html
- www.securityfocus.com19742http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19742
- secunia.com21650http://secunia.com/advisories/21650
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libx11 Fixed in 2:1.0.0-7
- xdm Fixed in 1:1.0.5-1
- xorg-server Fixed in 1:1.0.2-9
- xterm No fix yet
- xtrans Fixed in 1.0.0-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libx11 Fixed in 2:1.0.0-7
- xdm Fixed in 1:1.0.5-1
- xorg-server Fixed in 1:1.0.2-9
- xterm No fix yet
- xtrans Fixed in 1.0.0-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libx11 Fixed in 2:1.0.0-7
- xdm Fixed in 1:1.0.5-1
- xorg-server Fixed in 1:1.0.2-9
- xterm No fix yet
- xtrans Fixed in 1.0.0-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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