CVE-2006-5970
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 78th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
- Verity UltraseekAffected: ≤ 5.6Upgrade to: after 5.6Stated by: NVD
Versions as the sources state them. Full version matrix after sign-in
What it is
From the CVE record
Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests with (1) a null ("%00") terminated url parameter to help/urlstatusgo.html; or missing parameters to (2) help/header.html, (3) help/footer.html, (4) spell.html, (5) coreforma.html, (6) daterange.html, (7) hits.html, (8) hitsnavbottom.html, (9) indexform.html, (10) indexforma.html, (11) languages.html, (12) nohits.html, (13) onehit1.html, (14) onehit2.html, (15) query.html, (16) queryform0.html, (17) queryform0a.html, (18) queryform1.html, (19) queryform1a.html, (20) queryform2.html, (21) queryform2a.html, (22) quicklinks.html, (23) relatedtopics.html, (24) signin.html, (25) subtopics.html, (26) thesaurus.html, (27) topics.html, (28) hitspagebar.html, (29) highlight/highlight.html, (30) highlight/highlight_one.html, and (31) highlight/topnav.html, which leaks the installation path in the resulting error message.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
1.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 78th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
4 events over 7096 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
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Technical detail
CVSS 2.0 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Scored 5.0 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
- Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required
- Authentication NoneNo authentication required
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality PartialSome information is disclosed
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability NoneNo availability impact
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
- ultraseek.com/support/docs/RELNOTES.txt
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30314
- osvdb.org/30288
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