CVE-2006-0071

The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.

Published: 2006-01-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0071 is rated Low Risk (37.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0071

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.38% +0.33%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0071

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 9.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0071

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0071

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2006-0071 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pinentry), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0071
gentoo normal CVE-2006-0071: 1 GLSA(s) (200601-01), 1 atom(s) (app-crypt/pinentry); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-0071

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0071

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gentoo app-crypt_pinentry 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:app-crypt_pinentry:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo app-crypt_pinentry 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:app-crypt_pinentry:0.7.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux — cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0071

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