AOL 9.0 Security Edition revision 4184.2340, and probably other versions, uses insecure permissions (Everyone/Full Control) for the…

Description

AOL 9.0 Security Edition revision 4184.2340, and probably other versions, uses insecure permissions (Everyone/Full Control) for the "America Online 9.0" directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing critical files.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-08 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3317 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• aol-default-insecure-permissions(28445) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 18734 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20060818 Secunia Research: AOL Insecure Default Directory Permissions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 1416 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 27995 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 19583 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 1016717 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-0948](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-0948.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-0948)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 16:56 UTC.