CVE-2006-0071 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit setgid bits in pinentry to read or overwrite arbitrary files as root, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-0071?
CVE-2006-0071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, published on 4 Jan 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0071?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Gentoo App-Crypt Pinentry, Gentoo Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0071?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0071 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-0071 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0071 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-75fx-j955-f284.