CVE-2006-4246

Summary

CVECVE-2006-4246
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-09-19 18:07:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-20 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionUsermin 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Usermin Usermin 0.4 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.5 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.6 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.7 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.8 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.9 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.91 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.92 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.93 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.94 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.95 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.96 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.97 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.98 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.99 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.000 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.010 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.020 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.030 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.040 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.051 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.060 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.070 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.080 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.090 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.100 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.110 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.120 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.130 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.140 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.150 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.4 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.5 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.6 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.7 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.8 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.9 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.91 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.92 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.93 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.94 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.95 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.96 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.97 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.98 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 0.99 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.000 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.010 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.020 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.030 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.040 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.051 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.060 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.070 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.080 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.090 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.100 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.110 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.120 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.130 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.140 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin 1.150 All All All
Application Usermin Usermin All All All All

References

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Usermin "shell" Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for usermin - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
OS Reviews - Usermin: User's Little Helper MISC www.osreviews.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1177-1 usermin DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Usermin Change User Details Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
SourceForge.net: Webmin: Detail: 1509145 - Root Shell Denial of Service CONFIRM sourceforge.net Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Webmin CONFIRM www.webmin.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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