CVE-2006-2196 describes an unspecified local privilege escalation vulnerability in pinball version 0.3.1. An attacker could exploit this by manipulating pinball to load malicious plugins from a controlled directory while the application operates with elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and local access requirements, with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no known exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is there any evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jochen_friedrich:pinball:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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