CVE-2006-0071
The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.
Published:Jan 4, 2006
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Jan 4, 2006
EPSS Score:0.00053
CVSS Score:6.6
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Gentoo
Product
App-crypt Pinentry
Gentoo
App-crypt Pinentry
Vendor
Gentoo
Product
Linux
Gentoo
Linux
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
