CVE-2006-4243 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Linux vServer versions prior to 2.6.17, specifically within its remount code. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain full control over affected systems with low attack complexity. Despite its age and high community discussion (10 mentions), there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.9.0, < 2.6.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linux-vserver:linux-vserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.