{
    "id": "CVE-2006-4655",
    "published": "2006-09-09 00:04:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:29:31",
    "cvss_score": "4.6",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "Buffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and Sun Solaris 8 through 10, allows local users to gain privileges via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable value.",
    "epss_score": "0.00900",
    "epss_percentile": "0.58623",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-13 18:17:05",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "sco",
            "product": "unixware"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "sun",
            "product": "solaris"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2360",
            "title": "X11R6 < 6.4 XKEYBOARD (Solaris/SPARC) - Local Buffer Overflow (2)",
            "date": "2006-09-13",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2360"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2330",
            "title": "X11R6 < 6.4 XKEYBOARD (Solaris/SPARC) - Local Buffer Overflow (1)",
            "date": "2006-09-08",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2330"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2331",
            "title": "X11R6 < 6.4 XKEYBOARD (solaris x86) - Local Buffer Overflow",
            "date": "2006-09-08",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2331"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2332",
            "title": "X11R6 < 6.4 XKEYBOARD (sco x86) - Local Buffer Overflow",
            "date": "2006-09-08",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2332"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/21815",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/21845",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/21856",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/21993",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016806",
        "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1",
        "http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm",
        "http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txt",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/21815",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/21845",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/21856",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/21993",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016806",
        "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1",
        "http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm",
        "http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txt",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded"
    ]
}