CVE-2006-4250
Man-db Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag.
INFO
Published Date :
April 10, 2007, 6:19 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE-2006-4250
vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24801 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24828 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23355 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1294 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1295 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33508 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33508 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33508 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 10, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-4250
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-4250
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.00501
percentile