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CVE-2006-4233

N/A
Published: August 18, 2006 at 07:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlobus Toolkit

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

Globus Toolkit 3.2.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.0 before 20060815 allow local users to obtain sensitive information (proxy certificates) and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in the /tmp directory, as demonstrated by files created by (1) myproxy-admin-adduser, (2) grid-ca-sign, and (3) grid-security-config.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/21516
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2006/08/msg00001.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19549
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3290
VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28410

CVSS

3.6LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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