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CVE-2006-2154

18
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.dantz.com / display/2n/articleDirect/index.asp
secunia.com / advisories/19850
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26226
securityfocus.com / bid/17798
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1612