CVE-2006-7236

critical

Description

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.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/

http://secunia.com/advisories/33388

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384593

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-01-02

Updated: 2018-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical