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CVE-2006-4124

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Lesstif: through 0.95.0; 0.93.94

References

• http://karol.wiesek.pl/files/lesstif-advisory.pdf
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21428
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19430
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3230
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28298
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2144
• http://karol.wiesek.pl/files/lesstif-advisory.pdf
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21428
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19430
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3230
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28298
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2144

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