Unspecified vulnerability in rshd in Heimdal 0.6.x before 0.6.6 and 0.7.x before 0.7.2, when storing forwarded credentials, allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and change file ownership via unknown vectors.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0582 is rated Low Risk (17.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2023-03-07 | 1.55% | 0.07% | -1.47% |
| 2 | 2022-02-04 | — | 1.55% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 2.0 | LOW |
|
3.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2006-0582 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (heimdal), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0582 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2006-0582: 1 GLSA(s) (200603-14), 1 atom(s) (app-crypt/heimdal); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-0582 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2006-0582 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (heimdal), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0582 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| kth | heimdal | 0.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| kth | heimdal | 0.6.2 | cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| kth | heimdal | 0.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| kth | heimdal | 0.6.4 | cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| kth | heimdal | 0.6.5 | cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| kth | heimdal | 0.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| kth | heimdal | 0.7.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| kth | heimdal | 0.7.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| kth | heimdal | 0.7.1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18733 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18806 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18894 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19005 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19302 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015591 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-977 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-14.xml | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.osvdb.org/22986 | |
| http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-02-06/ | Patch |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426043/100/0/threaded | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16524 | Patch |
| http://www.stacken.kth.se/lists/heimdal-discuss/2006-02/msg00028.html | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-253-1 | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0456 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0628 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24532 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/247-1/ |