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CVE-2006-1058
BusyBox 1.1.1 does not use a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for local users to guess passwords from a stolen…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.29%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 78% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
BusyBox 1.1.1 does not use a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for local users to guess passwords from a stolen password file using techniques such as rainbow tables.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- 25098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17330 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9483 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 19477 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.busybox.net/view.php?id=604 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25848 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-250.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0244 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- busybox-passwd-weak-security(25569) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1062 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-1058)Record last updated .