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CVE-2006-5856

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5856 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Download Manager versions prior to 2.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted AOM file that populates the dm.ini file with an excessively long section name. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code or significant community discussion available for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:download_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1433 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051114.html
research.eeye.com / html/advisories/published/AD20061205.html
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23233
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30742
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb06-19.html
Patch
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/448569
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/453636/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/453755/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21453
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4867
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-044