Vulnerability in Chetcpasswd Project
CVE-2006-6682
Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3 provides a different error message when a request with a valid username fails, compared to a request with an invalid username, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames on the system.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (79.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.020 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Chetcpasswd Project — versions 2.3.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.osvdb.org/30545 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22967 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Third Party Advisory)