{
    "id": "CVE-2006-2451",
    "published": "2006-07-07 18:05:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-09-23 13:10:00",
    "cvss_score": "4.6",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "description": "The suid_dumpable support in Linux kernel 2.6.13 up to versions before 2.6.17.4, and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.24, allows a local user to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly gain privileges via the PR_SET_DUMPABLE argument of the prctl function and a program that causes a core dump file to be created in a directory for which the user does not have permissions.",
    "epss_score": "0.04387",
    "epss_percentile": "0.91010",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:05",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2031",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.13 < 2.6.17.4 - 'logrotate prctl()' Local Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2006-07-18",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2031"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2011",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.13 < 2.6.17.4 - 'sys_prctl()' Local Privilege Escalation (4)",
            "date": "2006-07-14",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2011"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2006",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.13 < 2.6.17.4 - 'sys_prctl()' Local Privilege Escalation (3)",
            "date": "2006-07-13",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2006"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2005",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.13 < 2.6.17.4 - 'sys_prctl()' Local Privilege Escalation (2)",
            "date": "2006-07-12",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2005"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2004",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.13 < 2.6.17.4 - 'sys_prctl()' Local Privilege Escalation (1)",
            "date": "2006-07-11",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2004"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195902",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/20953",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/20960",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/20965",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/20986",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/20991",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/21179",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/21498",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/21966",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016451",
        "http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-162.htm",
        "http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0af184bb9f80edfbb94de46cb52e9592e5a547b0",
        "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.24",
        "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.4",
        "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html",
        "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html",
        "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html",
        "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html",
        "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_49_kernel.html",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/27030",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0574.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439483/100/100/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439610/100/100/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439869/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440057/100/0/threaded"
    ]
}