CVE-2006-6382

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 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: none known
Published: 2006-12-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The control panel for Positive Software H-Sphere before 2.5.0 RC3 creates log files in a user's directory with insecure permissions, which allows local users to append log data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

Positive Software H-Sphere: 2.4.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23199
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21436
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30753
http://secunia.com/advisories/23199
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21436
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30753

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