CVE-2006-4316

SSH Tectia Management Agent 2.1.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by running a program called sshd, which is obtained from a process listing when the "Restart" action is selected from the Management server GUI, which causes the agent to locate the pathname of the user's program and restart it with root privileges.

Published: 2006-08-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4316 is rated Low Risk (38.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4316

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 0.05% 0.35% +0.29%
2 2025-03-30 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4316

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-2006-4316

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4316

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ssh tectia_manager 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_manager:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh tectia_manager 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_manager:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh tectia_manager 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_manager:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh tectia_manager 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_manager:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh tectia_manager 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_manager:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4316

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