LOW
The fbgs script in the fbi package 2.01-1.4, when the TMPDIR environment variable is not defined, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in /var/tmp/fbps-[PID]
Published Apr 11, 2006
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
The fbgs script in the fbi package 2.01-1.4, when the TMPDIR environment variable is not defined, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in /var/tmp/fbps-[PID].
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
1.2 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.37% 0.00369
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00369
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 | 0.37% (0.00369) | 28.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00361) | 27.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 18.87th | 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 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361370 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19559 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19766 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20166 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21459 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1068 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_19_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17436 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1281 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25729 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361370 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19559 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19766 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20166 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21459 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1068 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-13.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_19_sr.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17436 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1281 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25729 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 11, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 10, 2006
Link CVE-2006-1695
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a