CVE-2006-6898

Widcomm Bluetooth for Windows (BTW) before 4.0.1.1500 allows remote attackers to listen to and record conversations, aka the CarWhisperer attack.

Published: 2006-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6898 is rated Moderate Risk (64/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.71%). EPSS rose +1.94% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6898

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 1.77% 3.71% +1.94%
2 2026-05-21 1.34% 1.77% +0.43%
3 2026-04-04 — 1.34% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6898

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6898

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6898

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6898: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6898

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6898

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom widcomm_bluetooth 4.0.1.1500 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:widcomm_bluetooth:4.0.1.1500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6898

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