CVE-2006-1159

Exp

Format string vulnerability in Easy File Sharing (EFS) Web Server 3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the query string argument in an HTTP GET request.

Published: 2006-03-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1159 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.67%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-1159

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27377 exploit_db edb 2006-03-09 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1159

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 2026-06-15 8.76% 6.67% -2.09%
2 2025-03-30 5.90% 8.76% +2.86%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.90% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1159

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1159

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1159

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
efs_software efs_web_server 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:efs_software:efs_web_server:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1159

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