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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2006-3693 json

Rocks Clusters 4.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via commands enclosed with escaped backticks (\`) in an argument to th…

published 2006-07-19 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3688

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-2016)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2016 Rocks Clusters 4.1 - 'mount-loop' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2006-07-15
  • EDB-2015 Rocks Clusters 4.1 - 'umount-loop' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2006-07-15
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19003 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • xavier.tigerteam.se http://xavier.tigerteam.se/exploits/rocksumountdirty.py referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • xavier.tigerteam.se http://xavier.tigerteam.se/exploits/rocksmountdirty.sh referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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