CVE-2006-5970 json
Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests with (1) a null ("%00") terminated…
published 2006-11-18 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5953
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.8%
- EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction
1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
References
-
secunia.com
/advisories/22892
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
- ultraseek.com /support/docs/RELNOTES.txt
-
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/30314
vdb-entry
-
osvdb.org
/30288
vdb-entry
-
securityfocus.com
/archive/1/451847/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
-
osvdb.org
/30287
vdb-entry
-
securitytracker.com
/id?1017235
vdb-entry
- zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-06-042.html
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2006-5970
- NVD CVE-2006-5970
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