CVE-2006-2196 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by exploiting a vulnerability in the Pinball game that allows loading plugins from attacker-controlled directories.
- 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
What is CVE-2006-2196?
CVE-2006-2196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jun 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in pinball 0.3.1 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors that cause pinball to load plugins from an attacker-controlled directory while operating at raised privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2196?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jochen Friedrich Pinball.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2196?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2006-2196 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2196 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2196, DSA-1102, GHSA-8gj2-v45j-cmx7.