CVE-2006-4248

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

thttpd on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to create or touch arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the start_thttpd temporary file.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 31, 2006
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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