CVE-2006-6743 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in phpProfiles versions prior to 2.1.1. The flaw stems from world-writable permissions on specific profile files and directories, allowing local users to modify or delete sensitive data via scripts like do_makeprofile.inc.php and copy.inc.php. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phpprofiles:phpprofiles:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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