CVE-2006-1491

Exp

Eval injection vulnerability in Horde Application Framework versions 3.0 before 3.0.10 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the help viewer.

Published: 2006-03-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1491 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 38.44%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +20.13% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-1491

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1660 exploit_db edb 2006-04-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1491

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 18.31% 38.44% +20.13%
2 2025-03-30 13.94% 18.31% +4.37%
3 2025-03-29 13.94%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1491

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1491

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1491

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2006-1491: 1 GLSA(s) (200604-02), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/horde); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1491
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1491 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (horde3), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1491

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1491

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
horde application_framework 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.4_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.4_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.4_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1491

URL Tags
http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php?f=horde%2Fservices%2Fhelp%2Findex.php&r1=2.85&r2=2.86
http://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2006/000271.html Patch
http://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2006/000272.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19485 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19504 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19528 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19619 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19692 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015841 Patch
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-March/000671.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1033
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1034
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-02.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_07_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17292 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1154 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25516
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