CVE-2006-4233

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Globus Toolkit 3.2.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.0 before 20060815 allow local users to obtain sensitive information (proxy certificates) and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in the /tmp directory, as demonstrated by files created by (1) myproxy-admin-adduser, (2) grid-ca-sign, and (3) grid-security-config.

Affected products

Globus Toolkit: 3.2.0, 4.0.0, 4.1.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21516
http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2006/08/msg00001.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19549
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3290
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28410
http://secunia.com/advisories/21516
http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2006/08/msg00001.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19549
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3290
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28410

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