01 Record
CVE-2006-4248
thttpd on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to create or touch arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the start_thttpd temporary file.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: debian
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
thttpd on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to create or touch arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the start_thttpd temporary file.
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
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.5% 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
- 2006-10-31 19:00Z20 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
- 1cf91b68a02b36026910c0bf8018fe06528eab4b086ab6d3948b133ffcd4dbac
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20891http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20891
- secunia.com22712http://secunia.com/advisories/22712
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396277
- www.debian.orgDSA-1205http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1205