CVE-2006-1241 — Firebird 1.5.2.4731 installs (1) fb_lock_mgr, (2) gds_drop, and (3) fb_inet_server with setuid firebird permissions, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a buffer overflow as identified by CVE-2006-1240, or possibly other vulnerabilities

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Firebird 1.5.2.4731 installs (1) fb_lock_mgr, (2) gds_drop, and (3) fb_inet_server with setuid firebird permissions, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a buffer overflow as identified by CVE-2006-1240, or possibly other vulnerabilities

Published Mar 15, 2006

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.49%

Description

Firebird 1.5.2.4731 installs (1) fb_lock_mgr, (2) gds_drop, and (3) fb_inet_server with setuid firebird permissions, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a buffer overflow as identified by CVE-2006-1240, or possibly other vulnerabilities.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.49% 0.00491

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00491

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.49% (0.00491)	39.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.48% (0.00480)	37.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00052)	13.46th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/043546.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427480/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17077
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25282
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/043546.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427480/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17077		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25282		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 15, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 15, 2006

Link CVE-2006-1241

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-1241

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-1241