HIGH
Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to use the server as a proxy for web attacks and host scanning via a direct request to the highlight/index.html script
Published Nov 18, 2006
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.51%
Description
Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to use the server as a proxy for web attacks and host scanning via a direct request to the highlight/index.html script.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.51% 0.06509
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06509
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6.51% (0.06509) | 93.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.09% (0.06095) | 92.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 12, 2025 | 7.83% (0.07826) | 91.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.13% (0.06131) | 90.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 10.99% (0.10987) | 95.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 13, 2024 | 13.32% (0.13322) | 95.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 11.92% (0.11915) | 94.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 21, 2023 | 7.08% (0.07083) | 93.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 14, 2023 | 7.24% (0.07240) | 93.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 21, 2023 | 7.35% (0.07353) | 93.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.59% (0.06592) | 92.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017235 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/559616 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/22892 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/30286 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451847/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21120 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ultraseek.com/support/docs/RELNOTES.txt x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-042.html x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30311 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017235 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/559616 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/22892 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/30286 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451847/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21120 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ultraseek.com/support/docs/RELNOTES.txt | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-042.html | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30311 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 18, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 8, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5819
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a