What is CVE-2006-6060?

CVE-2006-6060 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2006-6060 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6060?

CVE-2006-6060 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-6060?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2006-6060. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2006-6060 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6060 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2006-6060

Medium

The NTFS filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed NTFS file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the __find_get_block_slow function.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2006-11-22

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2006-6060 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Projects
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-19-11-2006.html

Exploit Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
Novell
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
Exchange
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30418

Details

CVE ID CVE-2006-6060

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2006-11-22

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-6060?

CVE-2006-6060 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2006-6060 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6060?

CVE-2006-6060 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-6060?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2006-6060. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2006-6060 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2006-6060 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.