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

CVE-2006-4233

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.

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  • Globus/Toolkit4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.0 before 20060815

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