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CVE-2006-5971: verity ultraseek

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 18-11-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-5971 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in verity ultraseek. EPSS estimates a 1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.75%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-11-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 1.76% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Verity1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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