CVE-2006-1844 — The Debian installer for the (1) shadow 4.0.14 and (2) base-config 2.53.10 packages includes sensitive information in world-readable log files, including preseeded passwords and pppoeconf passwords, which might allow local users to gain privileges

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The Debian installer for the (1) shadow 4.0.14 and (2) base-config 2.53.10 packages includes sensitive information in world-readable log files, including preseeded passwords and pppoeconf passwords, which might allow local users to gain privileges

Published Apr 19, 2006

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

The Debian installer for the (1) shadow 4.0.14 and (2) base-config 2.53.10 packages includes sensitive information in world-readable log files, including preseeded passwords and pppoeconf passwords, which might allow local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00333

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

EPSS probability 0.00333

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	0.33% (0.00333)	24.12th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00333)	24.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00069)	18.55th	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	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356939
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19170
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23922
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356939		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19170		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23922		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 19, 2006

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Apr 19, 2006

Link CVE-2006-1844

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-1844

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-1844