Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-7236

RCE

Title: Invisible-Island Xterm RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-7236

CWE Category CWE-16

Published Date Jan 02, 2009

Modified Date Apr 09, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

7.47%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-7236: The default configuration of xterm on Debian GNU/Linux sid and possibly Ubuntu enables the allowWindowOps resource, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code or have unspecified other impact via escape sequences.

Impacted Vendors

x.org 1

xterm 1

invisible-island 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384593 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030 http://secunia.com/advisories/33388 https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384593 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030 http://secunia.com/advisories/33388 https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-7236 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32690

View Code

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 02, 2009 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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.