Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-1892

Title: Alwil Avast Antivirus

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-1892.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Apr 20, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.49%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-1892: avast! 4 Linux Home Edition 1.0.5 allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/_avast4_ temporary directory.

Impacted Vendors

alwil 1

avast 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/19683 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/712 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/764 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431019/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17535 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1387 http://secunia.com/advisories/19683 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/712 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/764 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431019/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17535 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1387

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-1892 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 20, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.