{"cve":"CVE-2006-1079","nvd":{"published":"2006-03-09T00:02:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:21:59.040","status":"Modified","description":"htpasswd, as used in Acme thttpd 2.25b and possibly other products such as Apache, might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a command line argument, which is used in a call to the system function.  NOTE: since htpasswd is normally installed as a non-setuid program, and the exploit is through command line options, perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.  However, if there are some typical or recommended configurations that use htpasswd with sudo privileges, or common products that access htpasswd remotely, then perhaps it should be included.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://marc.info/?l=thttpd&m=114153031201867&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=thttpd&m=114154083000296&w=2","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175949/m-privacy-TightGate-Pro-Code-Execution-Insecure-Permissions.html","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Nov/13","http://www.osvdb.org/23828"],"products":["acme_labs:thttpd"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:42:01.759833969+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-1079","score":0.00402,"percentile":0.34509,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}