CVE-2006-4232

Race condition in the grid-proxy-init tool in Globus Toolkit 3.2.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.0 before 20060815 allows local users to steal credential data by replacing the proxy credentials file in between file creation and the check for exclusive file access.

Published: 2006-08-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4232 is rated Low Risk (11.1/100): 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.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4232

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
3 2022-02-04 0.95%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4232

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.2 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
1.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4232

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4232

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
globus globus_toolkit 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
globus globus_toolkit 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
globus globus_toolkit 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4232

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