01 Record
CVE-2006-4233
Globus Toolkit 3.2.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.0 before 20060815 allow local users to obtain sensitive information (proxy certificates) and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Globus Toolkit 3.2.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.0 before 20060815 allow local users to obtain sensitive information (proxy certificates) and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in
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
- 0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 19.5% 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
- 2006-08-18 19:55Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 18:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1589b42706567c563262586a6b075593644a54764613eb55e25f9376f8a36e82
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.globus.org[security-announce] 20060815 Temporary File Handling Vulnerabilityhttp://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2006/08/msg00001.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3290http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3290
- secunia.com21516http://secunia.com/advisories/21516
- www.securityfocus.com19549http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19549
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comglobus-tmp-symlink(28410)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28410