CVE-2006-1079

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1079
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-03-09 00:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionhtpasswd, as used in Acme thttpd 2.25b and possibly other products such as Apache, might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a command line argument, which is used in a call to the system function. NOTE: since htpasswd is normally installed as a non-setuid program, and the exploit is through command line options, perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE. However, if there are some typical or recommended configurations that use htpasswd with sudo privileges, or common products that access htpasswd remotely, then perhaps it should be included.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS: 0.001850000 probability, percentile 0.403120000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Acme Labs Thttpd 2.25b All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Re: [THTTPD] htpasswd.c security issues.' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Acme Labs thttpd HTPasswd Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Full Disclosure: SEC Consult SA-20231122 :: Multiple Vulnerabilities in m-privacy TightGate-Pro af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
m-privacy TightGate-Pro Code Execution / Insecure Permissions ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/23828 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
'[THTTPD] htpasswd.c security issues.' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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