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CVE-2006-4246

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4246 describes a local file disclosure vulnerability in Usermin versions prior to 1.220. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files due to improper handling of an empty shell parameter in chfn/save.cgi, which inadvertently modifies the root user's shell. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.6, indicating local access is required for exploitation and the primary impact is partial confidentiality and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.210CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0088 is in the 89th 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)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/21968
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21981
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29010
sourceforge.net / tracker/index.php
Patch
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1177
Patch
osreviews.net / reviews/admin/usermin
securityfocus.com / bid/18574
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3668
webmin.com / uchanges.html
Patch