CVE-2006-4233

Exp

Globus Toolkit 3.2.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.0 before 20060815 allow local users to obtain sensitive information (proxy certificates) and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in the /tmp directory, as demonstrated by files created by (1) myproxy-admin-adduser, (2) grid-ca-sign, and (3) grid-security-config.

Published: 2006-08-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4233 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). 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-2006-4233

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4233

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 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
2 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4233

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4233

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4233

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-2006-4233

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