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    CVE-2006-4246

    Usermin before 1.220 (20060629) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, possibly related to chfn/save.cgi not properly handling an empty shell parameter, which results in changing root's shell instead of the shell of a specified user.

    Published:Sep 19, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 19, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00441
    CVSS Score:3.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Usermin
    Product
    Usermin

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2007-1276 (CVSS 4.3) — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in chooser.cgi in Webmin before 1.330 and Usermin before 1…
    CVE-2006-4542 (CVSS 6.8) — Webmin before 1.296 and Usermin before 1.226 do not properly handle a URL with a null ("%00") character, which…
    CVE-2006-3392 (CVSS 5) — Webmin before 1.290 and Usermin before 1.220 calls the simplify_path function before decoding HTML, which allo…
    CVE-2005-3042 (CVSS 7.5) — miniserv.pl in Webmin before 1.230 and Usermin before 1.160, when "full PAM conversations" is enabled, allows …
    CVE-2005-1177 (CVSS 10) — Unknown vulnerability in (1) Webmin and (2) Usermin before 1.200 causes Webmin to change permissions and owner…
    CVE-2004-1468 (CVSS 7.5) — The web mail functionality in Usermin 1.x and Webmin 1.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands…
    CVE-2004-0559 (CVSS 2.1) — The maketemp.pl script in Usermin 1.070 and 1.080 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files at install t…
    CVE-2004-0588 (CVSS 6.8) — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web mail module for Usermin 1.070 allows remote attackers to i…
    CVE-2004-0583 (CVSS 5) — The account lockout functionality in (1) Webmin 1.140 and (2) Usermin 1.070 does not parse certain character s…
    CVE-2003-0101 (CVSS 10) — miniserv.pl in (1) Webmin before 1.070 and (2) Usermin before 1.000 does not properly handle metacharacters su…

    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/21968
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21981
    http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1509145&group_id=17457&atid=485894
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177
    http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/usermin
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18574
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3668
    http://www.webmin.com/uchanges.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29010
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21968
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21981
    http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1509145&group_id=17457&atid=485894
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177
    http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/usermin
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18574
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3668
    http://www.webmin.com/uchanges.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29010

    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