{"cve":"CVE-2006-2194","nvd":{"published":"2006-07-05T18:05:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:24:31.123","status":"Modified","description":"The winbind plugin in pppd for ppp 2.4.4 and earlier does not check the return code from the setuid function call, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail, such as exceeding PAM limits for the maximum number of user processes, which prevents the winbind NTLM authentication helper from dropping privileges.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/20963","http://secunia.com/advisories/20967","http://secunia.com/advisories/20987","http://secunia.com/advisories/20996","http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1106"],"products":["point-to-point_protocol_project:point-to-point_protocol"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:42:44.451428143+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-2194","score":0.00395,"percentile":0.33725,"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."]}