CVE-2006-6597

Exp

Argument injection vulnerability in HyperAccess 8.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary vbscript and commands via the /r option in a telnet:// URI, which is configured to use hawin32.exe.

Published: 2006-12-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6597 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.48%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6597

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29281 exploit_db edb 2006-12-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6597

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 3.93% 2.48% -1.45%
2 2025-08-03 3.55% 3.93% +0.38%
3 2025-03-30 3.55%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6597

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6597

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6597

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6597: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6597

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6597

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hilgraeve hyperaccess 8.4 cpe:2.3:a:hilgraeve:hyperaccess:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6597

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/23366 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2045 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454388/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21594 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5013 Broken Link
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