cvelist/2006/6xxx/CVE-2006-6730.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2006-6730",
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                "value": "OpenBSD and NetBSD permit usermode code to kill the display server and write to the X.Org /dev/xf86 device, which allows local users with root privileges to reduce securelevel by replacing the System Management Mode (SMM) handler via a write to an SMRAM address within /dev/xf86 (aka the video card memory-mapped I/O range), and then launching the new handler via a System Management Interrupt (SMI), as demonstrated by a write to Programmed I/O port 0xB2."
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            {
                "name": "20061215 Re: The (in)security of Xorg and DRI",
                "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454510/100/0/threaded"
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            {
                "name": "[Xorg] 20040613 DRI merging",
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "url": "http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2004-June/000927.html"
            },
            {
                "name": "20061218 Re: The (in)security of Xorg and DRI",
                "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454706/100/0/threaded"
            },
            {
                "name": "http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/fr/sciences/fichiers/lti/cansecwest2006-duflot-paper.pdf",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/fr/sciences/fichiers/lti/cansecwest2006-duflot-paper.pdf"
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                "name": "http://www.cansecwest.com/slides06/csw06-duflot.ppt",
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                "url": "http://www.cansecwest.com/slides06/csw06-duflot.ppt"
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                "name": "20061214 The (in)security of Xorg and DRI",
                "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454379/100/0/threaded"
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