CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-4316

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in SSH Tectia Management Agent 2.1.2 allows local users to gain root privileges. When the "Restart" action is selected from the Management server GUI, the agent locates a program named sshd from the process listing and restarts it with root privileges, enabling execution of arbitrary user programs as root.

Risk Assessment

A local user can fully compromise the system by obtaining root privileges, leading to complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.

Recommendation

Upgrade SSH Tectia Management Agent to a version later than 2.1.2 that fixes this vulnerability. If upgrade is not possible, restrict local access to trusted users and monitor for unusual processes named sshd.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

SSH Tectia Management Agent 2.1.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by running a program called sshd, which is obtained from a process listing when the "Restart" action is selected from the Management server GUI, which causes the agent to locate the pathname of the user's program and restart it with root privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS