CVE-2006-6286

Palm Desktop 4.1.4 and earlier stores user data with weak permissions under the application directory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (address books, calendar files, and todo lists of other users) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2006-12-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2006-6286 is rated Low Risk (13.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6286

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 0.05% 0.27% +0.22%
2 2025-07-23 0.05% 0.05% +0.00%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6286

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.7 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.1 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6286

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6286

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6286: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6286

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6286

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
palm palm_desktop <= 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:palm:palm_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
palm palm_desktop 4.0b76 cpe:2.3:a:palm:palm_desktop:4.0b76:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
palm palm_desktop 4.0b77 cpe:2.3:a:palm:palm_desktop:4.0b77:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6286

cvelogic Threat Intelligence