CVE-2006-4959

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-09-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Sun Secure Global Desktop (SSGD, aka Tarantella) before 4.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, including hostnames, versions, and settings details, via unspecified vectors, possibly involving (1) taarchives.cgi, (2) ttaAuthentication.jsp, (3) ttalicense.cgi, (4) ttawlogin.cgi, (5) ttawebtop.cgi, (6) ttaabout.cgi, or (7) test-cgi. NOTE: This information is based upon a vague initial disclosure. Details will be updated as they become available.

Affected products

Sun Secure Global Desktop: 3.42, 4.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22037
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1623
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016900
http://www.scip.ch/cgi-bin/smss/showadvf.pl?id=2555
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446566/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20135
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3739
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29076
http://secunia.com/advisories/22037
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1623
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016900
http://www.scip.ch/cgi-bin/smss/showadvf.pl?id=2555

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