01 Record
CVE-2006-6698
The GConf daemon (gconfd) in GConf 2.14.0 creates temporary files under directories with names based on the username, even when GCONF_GLOBAL_LOCKS is not set, which allows local users to cause a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The GConf daemon (gconfd) in GConf 2.14.0 creates temporary files under directories with names based on the username, even when GCONF_GLOBAL_LOCKS is not set, which allows local users to cause 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
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.4% 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
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2006-12-22 18:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-12-22
- 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
- abd23f3e103eaa6979d63024a74f688535a9f2af1fde9a7b9f18def3d005def8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com23452http://secunia.com/advisories/23452
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-5148http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5148
- www.securityfocus.com21762http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21762
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279
- bugzilla.gnome.orghttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167030