CVE-2006-5850
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 7.5%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in Essentia Web Server 2.15 for Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URI, as demonstrated by a GET or HEAD request. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 7.5% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5834)
- Published
- November 10, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5834 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- essen / essentia web server
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050537.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22718(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1846
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451115/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451382/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20910(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4384
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30049
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2716
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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