CVE-2006-0228 Privilege escalation in n/a
An admin can inadvertently retain elevated privileges on restarted services due to improper RBAC state handling in grsecurity.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-0228?
CVE-2006-0228 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jan 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The RBAC functionality in grsecurity before 2.1.8 does not properly handle when the admin role creates a service and then exits the shell without unauthenticating, which causes the service to be restarted with the admin role still active.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0228?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Grsecurity Grsecurity Kernel Patch.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0228?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0228 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-0228 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0228 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7r9v-phg6-p4mh.