CVE-2006-4248 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2006-10-31

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:acme_labs:thttpd:2.25b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1205-1	New thttpd packages fix insecure temporary file creation
Debian DSA	DSA-1205-2	New thttpd packages fix insecure temporary file creation
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4237	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00049.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396277
http://secunia.com/advisories/22712
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1205
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20891

History

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Subscriptions

Acme Labs Thttpd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2006-10-31T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:06:06.484Z

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

Link: CVE-2006-4248

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-10-31T19:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-4248

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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