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CVE-2006-1058: BusyBox 1.1.1 does not use a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for local users to guess passwords from a stolen password

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.29% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: busybox (Debian:12) 1:1.1.3-1; busybox (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as) 0:1.00.rc1-7.el4; busybox-anaconda (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as) 0:1.00.rc1-7.el4.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to busybox (Debian:12) 1:1.1.3-1; busybox (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as) 0:1.00.rc1-7.el4; busybox-anaconda (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as) 0:1.00.rc1-7.el4 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

BusyBox 1.1.1 does not use a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for local users to guess passwords from a stolen password file using techniques such as rainbow tables.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 4, 2006
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 21th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
busyboxbusybox
avayaaura application enablement services
avayaaura sip enablement services
avayamessage networking
avayamessaging storage server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • avaya aura application enablement services4.01
  • avaya aura application enablement services4.1
  • avaya aura sip enablement servicesbefore 5.0
  • avaya message networkingall versions
  • avaya messaging storage server3.0 and later · before 4.0
  • busybox busybox1.1.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12busyboxbefore 1:1.1.3-11:1.1.3-1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asbusyboxbefore 0:1.00.rc1-7.el40:1.00.rc1-7.el4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asbusybox-anacondabefore 0:1.00.rc1-7.el40:1.00.rc1-7.el4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asbusybox-debuginfobefore 0:1.00.rc1-7.el40:1.00.rc1-7.el4

Same product

busybox: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2018-1000517BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Bu
    49Plan
  • CVE-2016-2148Heap-based buffer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vecto
    47Plan
  • CVE-2022-48174There is a stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c:6030 in busybox before 1.35.
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • Later →CVE-2011-2716Jul 3, 2012 · The DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.20.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2013-1813Nov 23, 2013 · util-linux/mdev.c in BusyBox before 1.21.0 uses 0777 permissions for parent directories when creating nested directories under /dev/, which
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2016-6301Dec 9, 2016 · The recv_and_process_client_pkt function in networking/ntpd.c in busybox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandw
    33Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:busybox1:1.1.3-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
red hat:busybox0:1.00.rc1-7.el4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:busybox-anaconda0:1.00.rc1-7.el4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:busybox-debuginfo0:1.00.rc1-7.el4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-916 · Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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