# CVE-2006-4620: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Authenticated domain administrators can escalate privileges and access system mail queues by modifying user mailbox settings in Alt-N WebAdmin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Sep 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2mg8-3gq9-25w2

## What is CVE-2006-4620?

CVE-2006-4620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Sep 2006. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The useredit_account.wdm module in Alt-N WebAdmin 3.2.5 running with MDaemon 9.0.6, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote authenticated domain administrators to gain privileges and obtain access to the system mail queue by modifying the mailbox of the MDaemon user account to use the mailbox of another account.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4620?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Alt-N Webadmin.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-4620?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4620 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-4620 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-4370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4370/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2003-0471](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0471/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2005-0317](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0317/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2005-0319](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0319/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2006-4371](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4371/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-4620 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-4620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Sep 2006. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2006-4620/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4620/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4620
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4620
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-4620

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4620/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.