CVE-2006-6682

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3 provides a different error message when a request with a valid username fails, compared to a request with an invalid username, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames on the system.

Published: 2006-12-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6682 is rated Moderate Risk (46.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.88%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6682

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 2026-01-14 0.81% 0.88% +0.07%
2 2025-03-30 0.86% 0.81% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.86% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6682

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6682

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6682

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6682: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6682

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6682

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
chetcpasswd_project chetcpasswd 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:chetcpasswd_project:chetcpasswd:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6682

URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/30545 Broken Link Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30454 VDB Entry
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