Vulnerability CVE-2006-4124
Published: 2006-08-14   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Lesstif -> Lesstif 

 References:
http://karol.wiesek.pl/files/lesstif-advisory.pdf
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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