CVE-2006-5851

Exp

openexec in OpenBase SQL before 10.0.1 allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/output file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5328.

Published: 2006-11-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5851 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.74%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5851

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2737 exploit_db edb 2006-11-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5851

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 0.34% 0.74% +0.40%
2 2025-09-14 0.16% 0.34% +0.19%
3 2025-05-27 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5851

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5851

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5851

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5851: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5851

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5851

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openbase_international_ltd openbase 7.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:7.0.15:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
openbase_international_ltd openbase 8.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:8.0.4:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
openbase_international_ltd openbase 9.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:9.1.5:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
openbase_international_ltd openbase 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:10.0:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5851

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