CVE-2006-2654 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 6.4 Published 2 Jun 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can escape chroot restrictions in FreeBSD's smbfs using directory traversal sequences, 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-2006-2654?

CVE-2006-2654 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 2 Jun 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in smbfs smbfs on FreeBSD 4.10 up to 6.1 allows local users to escape chroot restrictions for an SMB-mounted filesystem via "..\\" sequences. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2006-1864, but this is a different implementation of smbfs, so it has a different CVE identifier.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2654?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Freebsd Freebsd.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2654?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2654 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2006-2654 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-cj4c-9x4r-m99w.