Verity Ultraseek 5.2.1/5.5.0/5.6.0/5.6.1/5.6.2 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Verity Ultraseek 5.2.1/5.5.0/5.6.0/5.6.1/5.6.2. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-5819. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Verity Ultraseek 5.2.1/5.5.0/5.6.0/5.6.1/5.6.2. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 11/15/2006. The weakness was disclosed 02/01/2006 by Sullo as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5819 since 11/08/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23651 (Verity Ultraseek < 5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 5.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30311), Tenable (23651), SecurityFocus (BID 21120†), OSVDB (22892†) and Secunia (SA22892†). The entries VDB-33329, VDB-33328, VDB-84837 and VDB-84838 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 23651
Nessus Name: Verity Ultraseek < 5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ultraseek 5.7

Timelineinfo

02/01/2006 🔍
02/02/2006 +1 days 🔍
11/08/2006 +278 days 🔍
11/15/2006 +7 days 🔍
11/15/2006 +0 days 🔍
11/16/2006 +1 days 🔍
11/16/2006 +0 days 🔍
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11/17/2006 +1 days 🔍
11/18/2006 +1 days 🔍
11/20/2006 +2 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3034 days 🔍
01/16/2025 +3598 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Sullo
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5819 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5819
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33327
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X-Force: 30311
SecurityFocus: 21120 - Verity Ultraseek Information Disclosure and Request Proxying Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22892 - Verity Ultraseek Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 22892 - Mozilla Multiple Products Web Page Title Processing Overflow DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017235
Vulnerability Center: 13102 - Verity Ultraseek Can Be Used as Proxy for Web Attacks and Host Scanning, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 01/16/2025 22:34
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (79), 07/10/2019 18:43 (1), 01/16/2025 22:34 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:27A:103

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