Is CVE-2006-6737 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6737 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6737?

CVE-2006-6737 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2006-6737

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.4%EU EUVD

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 5 and earlier, Java System Development Kit (SDK) and JRE 1.4.2_10 and earlier 1.4.x versions, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allows attackers to use untrusted applets to "access data in other applets," aka "The first issue."

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS score: 2.4% (84th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-6720)
Published: December 26, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6720 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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References

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23398(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23650(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23835(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24099(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24189(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25404(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26049(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26119(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-15.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017427(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102732-1(Broken Link)
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/4f850d1e2b871db609de64ec70f0089c.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d2f549cc040cd81ae4a268bb5edfe918.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_45_java.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0072.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21674(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5075(Permissions Required)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11087(Third Party Advisory)

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

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