Is CVE-2006-6652 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6652 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6652?

CVE-2006-6652 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2006-6652

HIGH · CVSS 9.0EPSS 20.0%EU EUVD

Buffer overflow in the glob implementation (glob.c) in libc in NetBSD-current before 20050914, NetBSD 2.* and 3.* before 20061203, and Apple Mac OS X before 2007-004, as used by the FTP daemon and tnftpd, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname that results from path expansion.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 20.0% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-6635)
Published: December 20, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6635 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391(Vendor Advisory)
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-027.txt.asc(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051009.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23178(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966(Third Party Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017386(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.osvdb.org/31781(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21377(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30670(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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