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CVE-2006-4246 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21968	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21981	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29010	CVE
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1509145&group_id=17457&atid=485894	CVE	Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177	CVE	Patch
http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/usermin	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18574	CVE	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3668	CVE
http://www.webmin.com/uchanges.html	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/21968	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21981	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29010	[email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1509145&group_id=17457&atid=485894	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/usermin	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18574	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3668	[email protected]
http://www.webmin.com/uchanges.html	[email protected]	Patch

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
usermin usermin	<= 1.210 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7
CPE cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.91:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.92:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.93:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.94:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.95:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.96:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.97:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.98:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.99:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.000:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.010:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.020:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.030:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.040:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.051:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.060:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.070:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.080:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.090:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.100:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.110:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.120:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.130:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.140:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.150:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

usermin usermin

<= 1.210

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.020:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.030:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.040:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.051:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.060:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.070:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.080:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.090:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.110:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.120:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.130:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.140:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]