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CVE-2006-0408

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0408 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the rsh utility of Sun Grid Engine (SGE) versions prior to 6.0u7_1. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain elevated privileges through unspecified vectors, likely involving command line arguments. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it presents a high severity risk, indicating complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise if exploited. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:grid_engine:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:grid_engine:6.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:grid_engine:6.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:grid_engine:6.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:grid_engine:6.0:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

gridengine.sunsource.net / project/gridengine/60patches.txt
secunia.com / advisories/18580
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24281
securityfocus.com / bid/16366
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0308