CVE-2006-5970 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 18 Nov 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can obtain sensitive installation path information by sending crafted requests to specific HTML files in Verity Ultraseek.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2006-5970?

CVE-2006-5970 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Nov 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5970?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Verity Ultraseek.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5970?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5970 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-5970 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5970 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-83rm-x85j-52pc.