Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2006· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2006-4233

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.

Affected products

Globus/Globus Toolkit3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2006/08/msg00001.htmlnvdPatch
www.securityfocus.com/bid/19549nvdPatch
secunia.com/advisories/21516nvdExploitPatch
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3290nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28410nvd

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