CVE-2006-1844

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Debian installer for the (1) shadow 4.0.14 and (2) base-config 2.53.10 packages includes sensitive information in world-readable log files, including preseeded passwords and pppoeconf passwords, which might allow local users to gain privileges.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-04-19 CVE Reserved
2006-04-19 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356939	2020-08-11
http://www.osvdb.org/23922	2020-08-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/19170	2020-08-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Base-config Search vendor "Debian" for product "Base-config"				2.53.10 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Base-config" and version "2.53.10"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Shadow Search vendor "Debian" for product "Shadow"				4.0.14 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Shadow" and version "4.0.14"		-		Affected