# CVE-2006-1283: Privilege escalation in n/a

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

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Mar 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fq3g-66vv-fqfv

## 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: 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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- [CVE-2018-17160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17160/): Memory corruption in FreeBSD (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-3954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3954/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-4304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4304/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-0226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0226/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0002/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-1283 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Freebsd Freebsd. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1283/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1283/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1283
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1283
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-1283

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