CVE-2006-1183

Exp

The Ubuntu 5.10 installer does not properly clear passwords from the installer log file (questions.dat), and leaves the log file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Published: 2006-03-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1183 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.22%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.13% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-1183

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1579 exploit_db edb 2006-03-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1183

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 0.10% 3.22% +3.13%
2 2025-03-30 0.27% 0.10% -0.18%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.27% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1183

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/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: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:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1183

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1183

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2006-1183 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (shadow), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1183
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1183 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cdebconf), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1183

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1183

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ubuntu ubuntu_linux 5.10 cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1183

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