CVE-2006-1058
BusyBox 1.1.1 does not use a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for local users to guess passwords from a stolen password file using techniques such as rainbow tables.
02 Description
BusyBox 1.1.1 does not use a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for local users to guess passwords from a stolen password file using techniques such as rainbow tables.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 21.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-04-04 10:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-03-07
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-916Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational EffortBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8140012528bb0b01d6a775fcc3e6e21ec546bcba38ae05fd10386f057f414510
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com25098http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
- www.securityfocus.com17330http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17330
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9483https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9483
- secunia.com19477http://secunia.com/advisories/19477
- bugs.busybox.nethttp://bugs.busybox.net/view.php?id=604
- secunia.com25848http://secunia.com/advisories/25848
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-250.htm
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0244http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0244.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.combusybox-passwd-weak-security(25569)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25569
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- busybox Fixed in 1:1.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- busybox Fixed in 1:1.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- busybox Fixed in 1:1.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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