CVE-2006-0126 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain read and write access to tty devices due to incorrect permissions, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-0126?
CVE-2006-0126 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jan 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
rxvt-unicode before 6.3, on certain platforms that use openpty and non-Unix pty devices such as Linux and most BSD platforms, does not maintain the intended permissions of tty devices, which allows local users to gain read and write access to the devices.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0126?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rxvt-Unicode Rxvt-Unicode.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0126?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-0126 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0126 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0126, GHSA-2j8h-ghpm-93v6.