CVE-2006-0612 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain unauthorized access to X sessions and escalate privileges in the Powersave daemon.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-0612?
CVE-2006-0612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Feb 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Powersave daemon before 0.10.15.2 allows local users to gain privileges (unauthorized access to an X session) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; portions of the details are obtained from third party information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0612?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Powersave Powersave.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0612?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0612 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-0612 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0612 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c5c5-q85h-2vhr.