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CVE-2006-1753

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-04-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

A cron job in fcheck before 2.7.59 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 3.1, 3.1-r1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/19675
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17524
• http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1035
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25830
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19675
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17524
• http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1035
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25830

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