CVE-2006-6382

The control panel for Positive Software H-Sphere before 2.5.0 RC3 creates log files in a user's directory with insecure permissions, which allows local users to append log data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2006-12-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6382 is rated Low Risk (33.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6382

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 0.04% 0.27% +0.23%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6382

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.1 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6382

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6382

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6382: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6382

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6382

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
positive_software h-sphere 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:positive_software:h-sphere:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6382

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