CVE-2006-6743 — phpProfiles before 2.1.1 uses world writable permissions for certain profile files and directories, which allows local users to modify or delete files, related to (1) users/include/do_makeprofile.inc.php and (2) users/include/copy.inc.php

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phpProfiles before 2.1.1 uses world writable permissions for certain profile files and directories, which allows local users to modify or delete files, related to (1) users/include/do_makeprofile.inc.php and (2) users/include/copy.inc.php

Published Dec 26, 2006

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.32%

Description

phpProfiles before 2.1.1 uses world writable permissions for certain profile files and directories, which allows local users to modify or delete files, related to (1) users/include/do_makeprofile.inc.php and (2) users/include/copy.inc.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.32% 0.00324

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

EPSS probability 0.00324

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	0.32% (0.00324)	23.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.30% (0.00296)	21.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00050)	12.71th	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://secunia.com/advisories/22728
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=460858&group_id=176310
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4446
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30171
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/22728		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=460858&group_id=176310		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4446		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30171		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 26, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 26, 2006

Link CVE-2006-6743

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-6743

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-6743