{"id":"CVE-2006-0331","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-0331","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:28.091Z","title":"Buffer overflow in Change passwd 3.1 (chpasswd) SquirrelMail plugin allows local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments.","description":"Buffer overflow in Change passwd 3.1 (chpasswd) SquirrelMail plugin allows local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments.","published":"2006-01-21T00:03:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:20:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["thiago melo de paula/change passwd"],"epss":{"score":0.00801,"percentile":0.56339,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2006-01-25","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":1449,"kind":"exploit","title":"SquirrelMail 3.1 - Change Passwd Plugin Local Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1449","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/1449.c","file":"exploits/linux/local/1449.c","published":"2006-01-25","added":"2006-01-24","updated":"2016-06-21","author":"rod hedor","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-27905","CVE-2006-0331"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comchange_passwd-3.1-1.2.8.tar.gz","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/363","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422414/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=117","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24258","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/363","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422414/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=117","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24258","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0331","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}