01 Record
CVE-2006-6679
Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when verifying a client's status on an IP address ACL, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when verifying a client's status on an IP address ACL, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by
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
- 2.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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
- 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
- 2006-12-21 19:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-12-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 92d383dd511b29311924e09fc684cb69fe43e447e2409035562a3b50151d73ba
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649
- www.osvdb.org30544http://www.osvdb.org/30544
- secunia.com22967http://secunia.com/advisories/22967
- www.securityfocus.com21102http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102
- marc.info20061113 Chetcpasswd 2.x: multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comchetcpasswd-xforwardedfor-security-bypass(30451)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451