CVE-2006-5970
Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct...
Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests with (1) a null ("%00") terminated url parameter to help/urlstatusgo.html; or missing parameters to (2) help/header.html, (3) help/footer.html, (4) spell.html, (5) coreforma.html, (6) daterange.html, (7) hits.html, (8) hitsnavbottom.html, (9) indexform.html, (10) indexforma.html, (11) languages.html, (12) nohits.html, (13) onehit1.html, (14) onehit2.html, (15) query.html, (16) queryform0.html, (17) queryform0a.html, (18) queryform1.html, (19) queryform1a.html, (20) queryform2.html, (21) queryform2a.html, (22) quicklinks.html, (23) relatedtopics.html, (24) signin.html, (25) subtopics.html, (26) thesaurus.html, (27) topics.html, (28) hitspagebar.html, (29) highlight/highlight.html, (30) highlight/highlight_one.html, and (31) highlight/topnav.html, which leaks the installation path in the resulting error message.
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Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests with (1) a null ("%00") terminated url parameter to help/urlstatusgo.html; or missing parameters to (2) help/header.html, (3) help/footer.html, (4) spell.html, (5) coreforma.html, (6) daterange.html, (7) hits.html, (8) hitsnavbottom.html, (9) indexform.html, (10) indexforma.html, (11) languages.html, (12) nohits.html, (13) onehit1.html, (14) onehit2.html, (15) query.html, (16) queryform0.html, (17) queryform0a.html, (18) queryform1.html, (19) queryform1a.html, (20) queryform2.html, (21) queryform2a.html, (22) quicklinks.html, (23) relatedtopics.html, (24) signin.html, (25) subtopics.html, (26) thesaurus.html, (27) topics.html, (28) hitspagebar.html, (29) highlight/highlight.html, (30) highlight/highlight_one.html, and (31) highlight/topnav.html, which leaks the installation path in the resulting error message.
- Record
CVE-2006-5970- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests with (1) a null ("%00") terminated url parameter to help/urlstatusgo.html; or missing parameters to (2) help/header.html, (3) help/footer.html, (4) spell.html, (5) coreforma.html, (6) daterange.html, (7) hits.html, (8) hitsnavbottom.html, (9) indexform.html, (10) indexforma.html, (11) languages.html, (12) nohits.html, (13) onehit1.html, (14) onehit2.html, (15) query.html, (16) queryform0.html, (17) queryform0a.html, (18) queryform1.html, (19) queryform1a.html, (20) queryform2.html, (21) queryform2a.html, (22) quicklinks.html, (23) relatedtopics.html, (24) signin.html, (25) subtopics.html, (26) thesaurus.html, (27) topics.html, (28) hitspagebar.html, (29) highlight/highlight.html, (30) highlight/highlight_one.html, and (31) highlight/topnav.html, which leaks the installation path in the resulting error message.
- Record
CVE-2006-5970- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-5953 No score
Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests with (1) a null ("%00") terminated url parameter to help/urlstatusgo.html; or missing parameters to (2) help/header.html, (3) help/footer.html, (4) spell.html, (5) coreforma.html, (6) daterange.html, (7) hits.html, (8) hitsnavbottom.html, (9) indexform.html, (10) indexforma.html, (11) languages.html, (12) nohits.html, (13) onehit1.html, (14) onehit2.html, (15) query.html, (16) queryform0.html, (17) queryform0a.html, (18) queryform1.html, (19) queryform1a.html, (20) queryform2.html, (21) queryform2a.html, (22) quicklinks.html, (23) relatedtopics.html, (24) signin.html, (25) subtopics.html, (26) thesaurus.html, (27) topics.html, (28) hitspagebar.html, (29) highlight/highlight.html, (30) highlight/highlight_one.html, and (31) highlight/topnav.html, which leaks the installation path in the resulting error message.
- Record
EUVD-2006-5953- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-83rm-x85j-52pc No score
Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct...
Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests with (1) a null ("%00") terminated url parameter to help/urlstatusgo.html; or missing parameters to (2) help/header.html, (3) help/footer.html, (4) spell.html, (5) coreforma.html, (6) daterange.html, (7) hits.html, (8) hitsnavbottom.html, (9) indexform.html, (10) indexforma.html, (11) languages.html, (12) nohits.html, (13) onehit1.html, (14) onehit2.html, (15) query.html, (16) queryform0.html, (17) queryform0a.html, (18) queryform1.html, (19) queryform1a.html, (20) queryform2.html, (21) queryform2a.html, (22) quicklinks.html, (23) relatedtopics.html, (24) signin.html, (25) subtopics.html, (26) thesaurus.html, (27) topics.html, (28) hitspagebar.html, (29) highlight/highlight.html, (30) highlight/highlight_one.html, and (31) highlight/topnav.html, which leaks the installation path in the resulting error message.
- Record
GHSA-83rm-x85j-52pc- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-5970 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Verity Ultraseek, published November 18, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.80%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.