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CVE-2006-6680

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6680 describes a vulnerability in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd versions prior to 2.3.1, where the application fails to document the requirement for 0400 permissions on the /etc/chetcpasswd.allow file. This oversight could allow local users to read the file and potentially gain sensitive information. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity with local access, low attack complexity, and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:chetcpasswd:chetcpasswd:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 29th 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

sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
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