CVE-2006-7236
The default configuration of xterm on Debian GNU/Linux sid and possibly Ubuntu enables the allowWindowOps resource, which allows…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 7.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- xterm - DECRQSS Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32690remote, linuxpublished 29 Dec 2008Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.5% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 33388 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-703-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384593 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-7213 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-7236)Record last updated .