CVE-2006-5971 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in admin/logfile.txt in Verity Ultraseek before 5.6.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the name variable.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00574.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Verity	Ultraseek

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:verity:ultraseek:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/22892
http://www.osvdb.org/30289
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451847/100/0/threaded
http://www.ultraseek.com/support/docs/RELNOTES.txt
http://www.ultraseek.com/support/docs/release_notes/ultraseek.5.6.2.txt
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-042.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30321

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-18T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:12:31.332Z

Reserved: 2006-11-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-5971

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-11-18T00:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-5971

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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