CVE-2013-6886

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-12-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

RealVNC VNC 5.0.6 on Mac OS X, Linux, and UNIX allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted argument to the (1) vncserver, (2) vncserver-x11, or (3) Xvnc helper.

Affected products

Realvnc: 5.0.6

References

http://www.realvnc.com/products/vnc/documentation/5.0/release-notes/
http://www.realvnc.com/products/vnc/documentation/5.0/release-notes/

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