CVE-2006-2154 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in EMC Retrospect for Windows versions 6.5, 7.0, and 7.5. The software fails to drop privileges when opening files through the File>Open dialog, enabling local users to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:retrospect:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:retrospect:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:retrospect:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.