{"cve":"CVE-2006-3378","nvd":{"published":"2006-07-06T20:05:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:26:56.843","status":"Modified","description":"passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/20950","http://secunia.com/advisories/20966","http://secunia.com/advisories/21480","http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1150","http://www.osvdb.org/26995"],"products":["ubuntu:ubuntu_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:42:44.451428143+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-3378","score":0.00341,"percentile":0.27639,"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."]}