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CVE-2006-6698
The GConf daemon (gconfd) in GConf 2.14.0 creates temporary files under directories with names based on the username, even when…
- 1.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 62% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The GConf daemon (gconfd) in GConf 2.14.0 creates temporary files under directories with names based on the username, even when GCONF_GLOBAL_LOCKS is not set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by creating the directories ahead of time, which prevents other users from using Gnome.
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 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% 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: Low 1.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 23452 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21762 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167030 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2006-6681 (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-2006-6698)Record last updated .