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CVE-2006-1052

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1052 describes a vulnerability in the SELinux selinux_ptrace logic within the Linux kernel (version 2.6.6). This flaw allows local users with ptrace permissions to alter the tracer SID to that of another process. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is considered low severity, requiring local access and user interaction to achieve a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:64-bit_x86:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:itanium_ia64_montecito:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-42.EL
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-1052Moderate

security flaw

Mar 11, 2006

References

marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/19955
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20157
secunia.com / advisories/21465
secunia.com / advisories/22093
secunia.com / advisories/22417
selinuxnews.org / wp/index.php/2006/03/13/security-ptrace-bug-cve-2006-1052
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10102
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
usn.ubuntu.com / 281-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1184
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 25232
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html
securityfocus.com / bid/17830
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