CVE-2006-6692 — Multiple format string vulnerabilities in zabbix before 20061006 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in information that would be recorded in the system log using (1) zabbix_log or (2) zabbix_syslog

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Multiple format string vulnerabilities in zabbix before 20061006 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in information that would be recorded in the system log using (1) zabbix_log or (2) zabbix_syslog

Published Dec 21, 2006

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 7.91%

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in zabbix before 20061006 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in information that would be recorded in the system log using (1) zabbix_log or (2) zabbix_syslog.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

7.91% 0.07906

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.07906

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 (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	7.91% (0.07906)	94.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	7.79% (0.07792)	93.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	5.43% (0.05434)	89.19th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	8.89% (0.08893)	87.44th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	5.43% (0.05434)	89.45th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.91% (0.00911)	83.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 19, 2024	0.82% (0.00822)	81.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 10, 2023	0.82% (0.00820)	79.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.84% (0.00839)	79.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.08% (0.04081)	85.99th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.08% (0.04081)	84.58th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.08% (0.04081)	68.03th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/zabbix.security.patch?bug=391388%3Bmsg=5%3Batt=1
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391388
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/22313
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20416
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3959
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/zabbix.security.patch?bug=391388%3Bmsg=5%3Batt=1		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391388		x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/22313		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20416		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3959		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 21, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 21, 2006

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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