CVE-2006-4493

LOW 2.1CVE-2006-4493 · Published 31/08/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-4493 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting xbiff2 (xbiff2).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.34%, higher than 27.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xbiff2 xbiff2	`= 1.9`	No fix yet

Description

xbiff2 1.9 creates $HOME/.xbiff2rc in a user's home directory with insecure file permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as login credentials. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.

References

secunia.com/advisories/21686 · Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/28278
securityfocus.com/bid/19762
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3417
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28680

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