TI-2006-04103 Aliases CVE-2006-4248 GHSA-5h6r-qg95-jx6w

thttpd on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to…

LOW 32Published 2006-10-31 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

thttpd on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to create or touch arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the start_thttpd temporary file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00379 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:acme_labs:thttpd:2.25b:::::::*	2.25b	Vulnerable	Acme Labs

cpe:2.3:a:acme_labs:thttpd:2.25b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.25b Vulnerable ·Acme Labs

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-4248
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5h6r-qg95-jx6w

References

Advisory 1

DSA-1205

Other 1

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396277

TI-2000-00359 Buffer overflow in Trivial HTTP (THTTPd) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2002-00710 Cross-site scripting vulnerability in thttpd 2.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2006-01046 Multiple buffer overflows in htpasswd, as used in Acme thttpd 2.25b, and possibly other… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2000-00890 Directory traversal vulnerability in ssi CGI program in thttpd 2.19 and earlier allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2006-01047 htpasswd, as used in Acme thttpd 2.25b and possibly other products such as Apache, might… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
TI-2004-02498 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in thttpd 2.07 beta 0.4, when running on… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

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Sources

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