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CVE-2006-0071

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0071 describes a vulnerability in the Gentoo Linux ebuild for pinentry versions prior to 0.7.2-r2, where setgid bits were incorrectly set for pinentry programs. This misconfiguration allowed local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files with gid 0 privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.6, indicating high severity due to its local attack vector and complete confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:app-crypt_pinentry:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:app-crypt_pinentry:0.7.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
9.2
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

secunia.com / advisories/18284
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 22211
securityfocus.com / bid/16120
Patch