CVE-2006-1063

Unspecified vulnerability in Lurker 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or overwrite files in any writable directory that is named "mbox".

Published: 2006-03-07 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1063 is rated Moderate Risk (47/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1063

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.24% 0.97% +0.73%
2 2025-02-11 0.30% 0.24% -0.07%
3 2024-12-17 0.30%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1063

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1063

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1063

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-1063 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lurker), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1063
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1063 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (lurker), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1063

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1063

Solution: This vulnarability affects all verions of Lurker from 0.1a through 0.2

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1063

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lurker lurker 0.1a cpe:2.3:a:lurker:lurker:0.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lurker lurker 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:lurker:lurker:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1063

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