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CVE-2006-5677
resmom/start_exec.c in pbs_mom in TORQUE Resource Manager 2.0.0p8 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.34%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 72% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
resmom/start_exec.c in pbs_mom in TORQUE Resource Manager 2.0.0p8 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a job output file in /usr/spool/PBS/spool and possibly (2) a job file in /usr/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% 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 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 20061018 TORQUE Spool Job Race condition (torque <= 2.0.0p8) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200611-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4651 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1820 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20632 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://csirt.fe.up.pt/docs/TORQUE-audit.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2006-5662 (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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