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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References | () http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2004-June/000927.html - | |
References | () http://www.cansecwest.com/slides06/csw06-duflot.ppt - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454379/100/0/threaded - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454510/100/0/threaded - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454706/100/0/threaded - | |
References | () http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/fr/sciences/fichiers/lti/cansecwest2006-duflot-paper.pdf - |
Information
Published : 2006-12-26 23:28
Updated : 2024-11-21 00:23
NVD link : CVE-2006-6730
Mitre link : CVE-2006-6730
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-6730
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Products Affected
netbsd
- netbsd
openbsd
- openbsd
CWE