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CVE-2006-4233

LOW · CVSS 3.6 EPSS 0.27%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-08-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2006-4233
Severity
LOW
CVSS
3.6
EPSS
0.27%

Original NVD 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.