CVE-2006-5982

SeleniumServer FTP Server 1.0, and possibly earlier, stores user passwords in plaintext in the Servers directory, which allows attackers to obtain passwords by reading the file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; details are obtained from third party sources.

Published: 2006-11-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5982 is rated High Risk (65.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.57%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5982

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 2026-06-18 1.49% 1.57% +0.08%
2 2026-06-15 0.38% 1.49% +1.12%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.38% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5982

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5982

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5982

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5982: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5982

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5982

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
biba_software seleniumserver_ftp_server 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:biba_software:seleniumserver_ftp_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5982

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