Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2006· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2006-4248

Description

thttpd on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to create or touch arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the start_thttpd temporary file.

Affected products

Acme/Thttpd
cpe:2.3:a:acme_labs:thttpd:2.25b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

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References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
secunia.com/advisories/22712nvd
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1205nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20891nvd

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