CVE-2006-1649

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-04-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The "restore to" selection in the "quarantine a file" capability of ESET NOD32 before 2.51.26 allows a restore to any directory that permits read access by the invoking user, which allows local users to create new files despite write-access directory permissions.

Affected products

Eset Software Nod32 Antivirus: 1.0.11, 1.0.12, 1.0.13, 2.5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19054
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/672
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015867
http://www.osvdb.org/24393
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429892/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17374
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1242
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25640
http://secunia.com/advisories/19054
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/672
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015867
http://www.osvdb.org/24393

Get alerted when CVE-2006-1649 or the next vulnerability affects your stack