CVE-2006-5971
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 1.8% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5954)
- Published
- November 18, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5954 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- verity / ultraseek
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22892(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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