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CVE-2006-0196
Unspecified vulnerability in Serial line sniffer (aka slsnif) 0.4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a long value of the HOME…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.49%
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- mitre
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Serial line sniffer (aka slsnif) 0.4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a long value of the HOME environment variable, possibly because of a buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20060111 Serial Line Sniffer 0.4.4 Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- slsnif-home-bo(24082) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://shellcoders.com/sintigan/slsnif-ploit.pl (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18497 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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