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CVE-2006-2916
artswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions, does not check the return value of the setuid function…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.39%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 67% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
artswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions, does not check the return value of the setuid function call, which allows local users to gain root privileges by causing setuid to fail, which prevents artsd from dropping privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 days later
· 7 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 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- ADV-2006-2357 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20899 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26506 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:107 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1016298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-200606-22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20868 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060615 rPSA-2006-0105-1 arts (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20786 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200704-22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0409 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20677 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23697 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 25059 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- arts-artwrapper-privilege-escalation(27221) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20827 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 25032 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-2.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [beast] 20061228 ANNOUNCE: BEAST/BSE v0.7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://dot.kde.org/1150310128/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18429 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SSA:2006-178-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_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-2006-2913 (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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