CVE-2006-6658

Exp

Inktomi Search 4.1.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests with missing parameters to (1) help/header.html, (2) thesaurus.html, and (3) topics.html, which leak the installation path in the resulting error message, a related issue to CVE-2006-5970.

Published: 2006-12-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6658 is rated Exploit Available (57.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.14%). 1 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-2006-6658

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6658

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 0.41% 1.14% +0.73%
2 2026-01-13 0.27% 0.41% +0.14%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.27% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6658

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6658

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6658

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6658: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6658

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6658

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
inktomi inktomi_search 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:inktomi:inktomi_search:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6658

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