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medium 5.4

CVE-2006-6899 json

hidd in BlueZ (bluez-utils) before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain control of the (1) Mouse and (2) Keyboard Human Interface Device…

published 2006-12-31 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6882

cvss
5.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • bluez-utils RHEL 4 2.10-2.2
  • bluez-utils-cups RHEL 4 2.10-2.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0065

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-6899 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 bluez-utils 2.10-2.2, bluez-utils-cups 2.10-2.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 bluez-utils 2.10-2.2, bluez-utils-cups 2.10-2.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 bluez-utils 2.10-2.2, bluez-utils-cups 2.10-2.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 bluez-utils 2.10-2.2, bluez-utils-cups 2.10-2.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0065

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-29471)

Exploit prediction

3.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29471 BlueZ 1.x/2.x - HIDD Bluetooh HID Command Injection remote, 2007-11-16

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.4 AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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