Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-5970 · published 18 November 2006

CVE-2006-5970: Verity ultraseek vulnerability

Verity · Ultraseek

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.8% · top 22.5%

5.0CVSS 2.0 base score

1.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

16References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Ultraseek Verity

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/22892	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017235
http://www.osvdb.org/30287
http://www.osvdb.org/30288
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451847/100/0/threaded
http://www.ultraseek.com/support/docs/RELNOTES.txt
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-042.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30314
http://secunia.com/advisories/22892	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017235
http://www.osvdb.org/30287
http://www.osvdb.org/30288
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451847/100/0/threaded
http://www.ultraseek.com/support/docs/RELNOTES.txt
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-042.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30314

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-5970), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.