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 shell instead of the shell of a specified user.
Published: 2006-09-19
Score: 3.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1177-1 New usermin packages fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-4236 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 shell instead of the shell of a specified user.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:06:07.026Z

Reserved: 2006-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4246

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-19T18:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-4246

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