19200Third-party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19200 CVE-2006-1183
Ubuntu 5.10 Installer - Password Disclosure
Record summary
CVE-2006-1183 has a selected CVSS score of 7.2; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
Description
The Ubuntu 5.10 installer does not properly clear passwords from the installer log file (questions.dat), and leaves the log file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBUbuntu 5.10 Installer - Password DisclosureExploitDB exploitby Kristian HermansenNot analyzed1 file
References
91015761vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015761 23868vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/23868 17086vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17086 ADV-2006-0927vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0927 ubuntu-installer-password-disclosure(25170)vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25170 launchpad.netConfirmation
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/34606 nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1183 USN-262-1Vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/262-1