fkie_cve-2006-4124
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2006-08-14 23:04
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
The libXm library in LessTif 0.95.0 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via the DEBUG_FILE environment variable, which is used to create world-writable files when libXm is run from a setuid program.
References
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