CVE-2006-2071 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Linux kernel versions 2.4.x and 2.6.x up to 2.6.16. A local attacker can bypass IPC permissions to modify read-only shared memory attachments by using the mprotect system call to grant write permissions. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access, low attack complexity, and a partial impact on integrity. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:pre4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:pre7:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.23:pre9:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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