CVE-2006-6304
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
The do_coredump function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.19 sets the flag variable to O_EXCL but does not use it, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify arbitrary files via a rewrite attack during a core dump.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6287)
- Published
- December 14, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6287 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23349(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19.1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21591(Patch)
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0074/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5002(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10797
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7446
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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