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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.

Published

2006-10-31T19:07:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	acme_labs	thttpd	2.25b	Yes

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396277 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22712 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1205 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20891 ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396277 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22712 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1205 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20891 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)