CVE-2006-1183 describes a critical vulnerability in the Ubuntu 5.10 installer, where it fails to properly clear passwords from the installer log file (questions.dat) and leaves it world-readable. This local privilege escalation flaw has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity due to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on hot lists, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.