CVE-2006-3693
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD
Rocks Clusters 4.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via commands enclosed with escaped backticks (\`) in an argument to the (1) mount-loop (mount-loop.c) or (2) umount-loop (umount-loop.c) command, which is not filtered in a system function call.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.9% (61th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3688)
- Published
- July 21, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3688 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- rocks clusters / rocks clusters
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21065(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1242
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440126/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19003(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2833
- http://xavier.tigerteam.se/advisories/TSEAD-200606-6.txt
- http://xavier.tigerteam.se/exploits/rocksmountdirty.sh(Exploit)
- http://xavier.tigerteam.se/exploits/rocksumountdirty.py(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27758
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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