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CVE-2006-4248

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2006-10-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Acme Labs Thttpd: 2.25b

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396277
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22712
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1205
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20891
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396277
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22712
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1205
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20891

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