CVE-2006-2451
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 4.4%
The suid_dumpable support in Linux kernel 2.6.13 up to versions before 2.6.17.4, and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.24, allows a local user to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly gain privileges via the PR_SET_DUMPABLE argument of the prctl function and a program that causes a core dump file to be created in a directory for which the user does not have permissions.
- CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 4.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 91st percentile
- Published
- 2006-07-07
- Updated
- 2024-08-07
Proof-of-concept exploits (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440117/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439869/100/0/threaded
- 0b0111100/20060★ · 2026-09-07
ExploitDB entries (5)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2031
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2011
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2006
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2005
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2004
Exploit collections (1)
- CVE-2006-2451helloexp/0day
Security advisories
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20953
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20960
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20986
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20991
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21498
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21966
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2699
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0574.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18874
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-311-1