CVE-2006-4243
linux vserver 2.6 before 2.6.17 suffers from privilege escalation in remount code.
linux vserver 2.6 before 2.6.17 suffers from privilege escalation in remount code.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
linux vserver 2.6 before 2.6.17 suffers from privilege escalation in remount code.
- Record
CVE-2006-4243- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
linux vserver 2.6 before 2.6.17 suffers from privilege escalation in remount code.
- Record
CVE-2006-4243- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-4233 No score
linux vserver 2.6 before 2.6.17 suffers from privilege escalation in remount code.
- Record
EUVD-2006-4233- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7gvj-6c98-x7gj
linux vserver 2.6 before 2.6.17 suffers from privilege escalation in remount code.
linux vserver 2.6 before 2.6.17 suffers from privilege escalation in remount code.
- Record
GHSA-7gvj-6c98-x7gj- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-4243 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Linux-2.6, published November 6, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.81%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.