01 Record
CVE-2006-4246
Usermin before 1.220 (20060629) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, possibly related to chfn/save.cgi not properly handling an empty shell parameter, which results in changing root's
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: debian
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Usermin before 1.220 (20060629) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, possibly related to chfn/save.cgi not properly handling an empty shell parameter, which results in changing root's
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
- 0.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 58.8% 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
- 2006-09-19 18:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- 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
- b940b4d5a7eebcf264e8e8c25d2926d4a7f6b1951cc4b361d88e5ae2472c1454
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com21968http://secunia.com/advisories/21968
- secunia.com21981http://secunia.com/advisories/21981
- www.securityfocus.com18574http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18574
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comusermin-shell-dos(29010)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29010
- www.webmin.comhttp://www.webmin.com/uchanges.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3668http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3668
- www.osreviews.nethttp://www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/usermin
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1509145&group_id=17457&atid=485894
- www.debian.orgDSA-1177http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177