CVE-2006-2916

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

15/06/2006

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

artswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions, does not check the return value of the setuid function call, which allows local users to gain root privileges by causing setuid to fail, which prevents artsd from dropping privileges.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete