LOW
Usermin 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
Published Sep 19, 2006
3.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.88%
Description
Usermin 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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.210
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.7
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.91
- 0.92
- 0.93
- 0.94
- 0.95
- 0.96
- 0.97
- 0.98
- 0.99
- 1.000
- 1.010
- 1.020
- 1.030
- 1.040
- 1.051
- 1.060
- 1.070
- 1.080
- 1.090
- 1.100
- 1.110
- 1.120
- 1.130
- 1.140
- 1.150
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
3.6 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.88% 0.00884
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00884
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.88% (0.00884) | 57.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.88% (0.00875) | 54.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.45% (0.00448) | 61.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00291) | 69.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00291) | 68.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00291) | 65.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00304) | 65.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 16, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00297) | 64.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00326) | 66.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00292) | 64.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 75.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 75.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 73.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 52.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21968 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21981 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1509145&group_id=17457&atid=485894 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/usermin x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18574 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3668 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.webmin.com/uchanges.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29010 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21968 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21981 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1509145&group_id=17457&atid=485894 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch | |
| http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/usermin | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18574 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3668 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www.webmin.com/uchanges.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29010 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published Sep 19, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 21, 2006
Link CVE-2006-4246
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a