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CVE-2006-4246

Usermin before 1.220 (20060629) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, possibly related to chfn/save.cgi not p

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.

LOW · CVSS 3.6 EPSS 0.00441
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

2
usermin<= 1.210
userminall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

3.6
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@debian.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD19 Sep 2006 · 06:07 PM
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/21968Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21981PatchVendor Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1509145&group_id=17457&atid=485894Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177Patch
http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/usermin
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18574Patch
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