Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-4124

Title: Lesstif Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-4124.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 14, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.45%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-4124: 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.

Impacted Vendors

lesstif 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-4124 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 14, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.