CVE-2006-0620

Exp

Race condition in phfont in QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.2.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified manipulations of the PHFONT and PHOTON2_PATH environment variables.

Published: 2006-02-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0620 is rated Exploit Available (53/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0620

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1479 exploit_db edb 2006-02-08 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0620

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 2026-03-02 0.41% 0.17% -0.24%
2 2025-03-30 0.47% 0.41% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.47% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0620

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.2 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 1.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0620

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0620

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qnx rtos 6.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtos 6.2.1a cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.2.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtos 6.2.1b cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.2.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0620

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