{"cve":"CVE-2006-6698","nvd":{"published":"2006-12-22T18:28:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:33:37.370","status":"Modified","description":"The GConf daemon (gconfd) in GConf 2.14.0 creates temporary files under directories with names based on the username, even when GCONF_GLOBAL_LOCKS is not set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by creating the directories ahead of time, which prevents other users from using Gnome.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167030","http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279","http://secunia.com/advisories/23452","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21762","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5148"],"products":["gnome:gconf"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-6698","score":0.00435,"percentile":0.37776,"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."]}