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CVE-2006-3018

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3018 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the session extension functionality of PHP versions prior to 5.1.3, potentially leading to heap corruption. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this high-severity vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, allowing for potential partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php_group:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0201 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-3018

CVE-2006-3018

References

secunia.com / advisories/19927
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21050
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21125
securitytracker.com / id
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 25254
php.net / release_5_1_3.php
securityfocus.com / bid/17843
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-320-1