CVE-2006-1079

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1079
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-03-09 00:02:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-28 17:15:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Acme Labs Thttpd 2.25b All All All
Application Acme Labs Thttpd 2.25b All All All

References

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