01 Record
CVE-2006-1079
htpasswd, as used in Acme thttpd 2.25b and possibly other products such as Apache, might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a command line argument, which is used in a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
htpasswd, as used in Acme thttpd 2.25b and possibly other products such as Apache, might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a command line argument, which is used in a
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
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2006-03-09 00:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-03-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f95dc1c94631db86f6294def4042af5c715b4ebd7cfbb695254e77f1827841c8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20060305 htpasswd bufferoverflow and command execution in thttpd-2.25b.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426823/100/0/threaded
- marc.info[thttpd] 20060305 Re: htpasswd.c security issueshttp://marc.info/?l=thttpd&m=114154083000296&w=2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comthttpd-command-line-bo(25217)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25217
- www.securityfocus.com16972http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16972
- www.osvdb.org23828http://www.osvdb.org/23828
- marc.info[thttpd] 20060305 htpasswd.c security issueshttp://marc.info/?l=thttpd&m=114153031201867&w=2
- seclists.org20231127 SEC Consult SA-20231122 :: Multiple Vulnerabilities in m-privacy TightGate-Prohttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Nov/13
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175949/m-privacy-TightGate-Pro-Code-Execution-Insecure-Permissions.html