Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-6838

Title: Rediff Bol Downloader Activex Ocx Control Information Disclosure

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-6838

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.30%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-6838: Rediff Bol Downloader ActiveX (OCX) control allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary files, and obtain sensitive information (usernames and pathnames), via a URL in the url vbscript parameter.

Impacted Vendors

rediff 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-6838 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3058

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 23, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.