CVE-2006-5817 — prl_dhcpd in Parallels Desktop for Mac Build 1940 uses insecure permissions (0666) for /Library/Parallels/.dhcpd_configuration, which allows local users to modify DHCP configuration

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prl_dhcpd in Parallels Desktop for Mac Build 1940 uses insecure permissions (0666) for /Library/Parallels/.dhcpd_configuration, which allows local users to modify DHCP configuration

Published Nov 8, 2006

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.29%

Description

prl_dhcpd in Parallels Desktop for Mac Build 1940 uses insecure permissions (0666) for /Library/Parallels/.dhcpd_configuration, which allows local users to modify DHCP configuration.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.29% 0.00288

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00288

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 2, 2026	0.29% (0.00288)	19.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.28% (0.00277)	19.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00045)	10.99th	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% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0582.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/22634
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0582.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/22634		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 8, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 8, 2006

Link CVE-2006-5817

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-5817

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-5817