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MEDIUM
CVE-2006-4655
X Window System X11R6.4 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 9, 2006, 12:04 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 17, 2018, 9:38 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2006-4655 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-4655 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sun solaris
1 Sco unixware

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Vulnerabilities discovered.

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Ruby Liquid

Updated: 10 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 3, 2024, 9:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 14 different CVEs too.

None

Ruby Liquid

Updated: 1 year, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 6, 2023, 12:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 14 different CVEs too.

A handy collection of my public exploits, all in one place.

exploits buffer-overflow solaris linux aix mysql openbsd oracle zyxel

C Shell C++ Perl

Updated: 2 months ago
581 stars 105 fork 105 watcher
Born at : July 12, 2017, 2:40 p.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-4655 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-4655 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1798 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/28820 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 11, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-4655 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-4655 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.00501

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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