CVE-2006-1587 describes a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting NetBSD versions 1.6 through 3.0. When a user configures "set record" in their .mailrc file with the default umask, the resulting record file is created with insecure 0644 permissions, allowing other local users to read its contents. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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