CVE-2006-5966 describes two vulnerabilities in Panda ActiveScan versions prior to 5.54.01. Attackers can remotely reboot a system using the ActiveScan.1 ActiveX control or determine arbitrary file existence and size via the PAVPZ.SOS.1 ActiveX control. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to cause partial denial of service (reboot) or information disclosure (file existence/size) with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:panda:activescan:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.53.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:panda:activescan:5.53.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
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