CVE-2006-2679

Unspecified vulnerability in the VPN Client for Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI) (aka the VPN client dialer) in Cisco VPN Client for Windows 4.8.00.* and earlier, except for 4.7.00.0533, allows local authenticated, interactive users to gain privileges, possibly due to privileges of dialog boxes, aka bug ID CSCsd79265.

Published: 2006-05-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2679 is rated Low Risk (39/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2679

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 0.06% 0.37% +0.31%
2 2023-10-24 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2679

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2679

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2679

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco vpn_client 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:2.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.0.5:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.5.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 3.5.1c cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.5.1c:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.5.2:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 4.7.00.0000 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:4.7.00.0000:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 4.8.00.0000 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:4.8.00.0000:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2679

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