VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-2194

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-07-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The winbind plugin in pppd for ppp 2.4.4 and earlier does not check the return code from the setuid function call, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail, such as exceeding PAM limits for the maximum number of user processes, which prevents the winbind NTLM authentication helper from dropping privileges.

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