Vulnerability in Usermin
CVE-2006-4246
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.6 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (57.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Usermin — versions 0.4, 0.5, 0.6
References
- secunia.com/advisories/21968 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21981 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18574 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29010 (vdb-entry)
- www.webmin.com/uchanges.html (Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3668 (vdb-entry)
- www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/usermin
- sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php (Patch)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177 (vendor-advisory, Patch)