CVE-2006-2221
A third-party installer generation tool, possibly BitRock InstallBuilder, as used in products including Process-one ejabberd 1.1.1_1 and…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.38%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 68% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A third-party installer generation tool, possibly BitRock InstallBuilder, as used in products including Process-one ejabberd 1.1.1_1 and earlier, generates an installer that allows local users to cause a denial of service via a symlink attack on the bitrock_installer.log temporary file. NOTE: it is possible that this vulnerability is present in other products that use this installer.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- 17804 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19954 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060502 Ejabberd : Symlink vulnerability during installation process (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060503 Re: Ejabberd : Symlink vulnerability during installation process (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ejabberd-bitrockinstaller-symlink(26221) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- installbuilder-bitrockinstaller-symlink(26261) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19928 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1642 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1659 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2006-2222 (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-2006-2221)Record last updated .