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CVE-2006-6838

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6838 describes a critical vulnerability in the Rediff Bol Downloader ActiveX control, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary files and steal sensitive information like usernames and file paths. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to significant compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog and lacking active exploitation or widespread community discussion, public exploit code exists, indicating a potential for targeted attacks.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rediff:bol_downloader_activex_ocx_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-3058 · Dec 31, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0230 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

securityreason.com / securityalert/2089
infogreg.com / security/misc/rediff-bol-downloader-allows-downloading-and-spawning-arbitary-files.html
ExploitURL Repurposed
securityfocus.com / archive/1/455611/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21831
Exploit