Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-5971

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in admin/logfile.txt in Verity Ultraseek before 5.6.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the name variable.

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Affected products

Verity/Ultraseek2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:verity:ultraseek:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:verity:ultraseek:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.6.2
- (no CPE)range: <5.6.2

Patches

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References

secunia.com/advisories/22892nvdVendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/30289nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451847/100/0/threadednvd
www.ultraseek.com/support/docs/RELNOTES.txtnvd
www.ultraseek.com/support/docs/release_notes/ultraseek.5.6.2.txtnvd
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-042.htmlnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30321nvd

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