Format string vulnerability in Easy Address Book Web Server 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or "compromise the server" via encoded format string specifiers in the query string.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4654 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.07%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28489 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-09-04 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 4.70% | 2.07% | -2.64% |
| 2 | 2025-04-28 | 3.90% | 4.70% | +0.80% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 3.90% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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4.9 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| efs_software | easy_address_book_web_server | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:efs_software:easy_address_book_web_server:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |