CVE-2006-6899

Published: Jan 8, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-16

NVD MITRE

5.4CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

hidd in BlueZ (bluez-utils) before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain control of the (1) Mouse and (2) Keyboard Human Interface Device (HID) via a certain configuration of two HID (PSM) endpoints, operating as a server, aka HidAttack.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:AAccess Vector

Adjacent Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-16

Affected Products

n/a n/a

bluez bluez project

On-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

bluez projectoss-projectOperating Systems

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

References

http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-mediawiki//images/f/fb/23c3_Bluetooh_revisited.pdf

events.ccc.de

http://osvdb.org/32830

osvdb.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0065.html

redhat.com

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Timeline

Published

Jan 8, 2007

Last Updated

Apr 23, 2026

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