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CVE-2006-0224

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0224 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Library of Assorted Spiffy Things (LibAST) version 0.6.1 and earlier, impacting products like Eterm. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by providing an excessively long -X command line argument, leading to arbitrary code execution with utmp user privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (medium severity), indicating local access, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libast:libast:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libast:libast:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libast:libast:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libast:libast:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

freshmeat.net / projects/libast
secunia.com / advisories/18586
secunia.com / advisories/18632
secunia.com / advisories/18916
securityreason.com / securityalert/373
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24303
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-976
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-14.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 22735
rosiello.org / en/read_bugs.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/423088/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/423207/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/423366/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16350
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0314