CVE-2006-1283 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.2 Published 23 Mar 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local users can gain root privileges by exploiting improper user identification in the OPIE password configuration utility.

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-2006-1283?

CVE-2006-1283 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 23 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

opiepasswd in One-Time Passwords in Everything (OPIE) in FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p22 through 6.1-STABLE before 20060322 uses the getlogin function to determine the invoking user account, which might allow local users to configure OPIE access to the root account and possibly gain root privileges if a root shell is permitted by the configuration of the wheel group or sshd.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1283?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Freebsd Freebsd.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1283?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1283 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-1283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-fq3g-66vv-fqfv.