Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests with (1) a null ("%00") terminated url parameter to help/urlstatusgo.html; or missing parameters to (2) help/header.html, (3) help/footer.html, (4) spell.html, (5) coreforma.html, (6) daterange.html, (7) hits.html, (8) hitsnavbottom.html, (9) indexform.html, (10) indexforma.html, (11) languages.html, (12) nohits.html, (13) onehit1.html, (14) onehit2.html, (15) query.html, (16) queryform0.html, (17) queryform0a.html, (18) queryform1.html, (19) queryform1a.html, (20) queryform2.html, (21) queryform2a.html, (22) quicklinks.html, (23) relatedtopics.html, (24) signin.html, (25) subtopics.html, (26) thesaurus.html, (27) topics.html, (28) hitspagebar.html, (29) highlight/highlight.html, (30) highlight/highlight_one.html, and (31) highlight/topnav.html, which leaks the installation path in the resulting error message.
CVE-2006-5970
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 5.0 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 1.8% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 5.0MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 5.0(low)
- EG Risk
- 28(Track)EG Risk 28/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity50% × 45%Exploitation2% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 77%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 18, 2006
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (16)
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/22892
- cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017235
- cve@mitrehttp://www.osvdb.org/30287
- cve@mitrehttp://www.osvdb.org/30288
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451847/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.ultraseek.com/support/docs/RELNOTES.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-042.html
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30314
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22892
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1017235
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/30287
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/30288
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451847/100/0/threaded
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ultraseek.com/support/docs/RELNOTES.txt
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-042.html
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