Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Debian Installer Components
CVE-2006-1844

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Debian
Status
Base-config
Shadow
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 April 2006

What is CVE-2006-1844?

The Debian installer for certain package versions exposes sensitive data, including preseeded passwords and pppoeconf passwords, in world-readable log files. This oversight can allow local users to exploit the information, potentially leading to privilege escalation on the system.

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356939
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.osvdb.org/23922
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/19170
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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