CVE-2006-6251

EPSS 67.3%

Vexday Risk Score

50Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

Exploit maturity

Functional exploit

Automatable exploit available (Nuclei/Metasploit).

CVSS —EPSS 67.3%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit simPatch —

Lifecycle

04 Dec 2006Published on NVD

18 Aug 2009Metasploit module available

11 Nov 2010Public PoC

Weaponization speed

1438 daysto first PoC

988 daysto Metasploit module

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

Stack-based buffer overflow in VUPlayer 2.44 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in an M3U file, aka an "M3U UNC Name" attack.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 3

exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/16617unverified cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/2872unverified cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/2870unverified

⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23182 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30629 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2870 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2872 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/311192 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21363 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4783