CVE-2006-1587

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Published Apr 3, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

NetBSD 1.6 up to 3.0, when a user has "set record" in .mailrc with the default umask set, creates the record file with 0644 permissions, which allows local users to read the record file.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:beta::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-1588	NetBSD 1.6 up to 3.0, when a user has "set record" in .mailrc with the default umask set, creates the record file with 0644 permissions, which allows local users to read the record file.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.336% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-007.txt.asc
http://secunia.com/advisories/19465
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015847
http://www.osvdb.org/24258
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25581

History

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Subscriptions

Netbsd Netbsd

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:19 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 3, 2006, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:19 PM
Reserved: Apr 2, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:23 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 3, 2006, 10:04 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:23 PM

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