CVE-2006-3693 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.9% (pctl 60)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Rocks Clusters 4.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via commands enclosed with escaped backticks (\`) in an argument to the (1) mount-loop (mount-loop.c) or (2) umount-loop (umount-loop.c) command, which is not filtered in a system function call.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 0.93% — more likely to be exploited than 60% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-07-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| rocks clusters | rocks clusters |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Rocks Clusters 4.1 - 'umount-loop' Local Privilege Escalation | 2006-07-15 |
| exploit-db | Rocks Clusters 4.1 - 'mount-loop' Local Privilege Escalation | 2006-07-15 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21065
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1242
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440126/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19003
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2833
- http://xavier.tigerteam.se/advisories/TSEAD-200606-6.txt
- http://xavier.tigerteam.se/exploits/rocksmountdirty.sh
- http://xavier.tigerteam.se/exploits/rocksumountdirty.py
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27758
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21065
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1242
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440126/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19003
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2833
- http://xavier.tigerteam.se/advisories/TSEAD-200606-6.txt
- http://xavier.tigerteam.se/exploits/rocksmountdirty.sh
- http://xavier.tigerteam.se/exploits/rocksumountdirty.py
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27758
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