CVE-2006-4246 Privilege escalation in n/a
Remote attackers can read arbitrary files and escalate privileges by exploiting improper handling of empty shell parameters in Usermin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-4246?
CVE-2006-4246 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Sep 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Usermin before 1.220 (20060629) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, possibly related to chfn/save.cgi not properly handling an empty shell parameter, which results in changing root's shell instead of the shell of a specified user.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4246?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Usermin Usermin.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4246?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-4246 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4246 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2005-1177 Unknown vulnerability in (1) Webmin and (2) Usermin before 1.200 causes Webmin to change permissions and ownership of configuration files, with unknown impact.
- CVE-2005-3042 Auth bypass in n/a
- CVE-2004-1468 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2002-0756 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2002-0757 Auth bypass in n/a
Sources
Also known as DSA-1177-1, GHSA-4qxm-xm9h-rhmg.