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CVE-2006-5851

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5851 describes a local arbitrary file creation vulnerability in OpenBase SQL versions prior to 10.0.1. This flaw, distinct from CVE-2006-5328, allows a local attacker to create arbitrary files through a symlink attack targeting the /tmp/output file. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact limited to partial integrity compromise. While not actively exploited in the wild, an exploit for this vulnerability (EDB-2737) exists on ExploitDB, demonstrating its feasibility. Despite the existence of a public exploit, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:7.0.15:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:8.0.4:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:9.1.5:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbase_international_ltd:openbase:10.0:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2737 · Nov 8, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
Mailing List
secunia.com / advisories/22742
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/2737
digitalmunition.com / DMA%5B2006-1107a%5D.txt
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4404
Not Applicable