VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- acme labs/thttpd
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- 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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.