CVE-2006-6840

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Published Jan 3, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 2.0.22 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors related to a "negative start parameter."

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.2.4_rc3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.18:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.21:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1488-1	New phpbb2 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6823	Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 2.0.22 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors related to a "negative start parameter."

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.659% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=405980
http://secunia.com/advisories/28871
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1488
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Phpbb Group Phpbb

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:42 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 3, 2007, 2:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:42 PM
Reserved: Jan 2, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:33 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2006, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:33 PM

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