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CVE-2006-2920
Sylpheed-Claws before 2.2.2 and Sylpheed before 2.2.6 allow remote attackers to bypass the URI check functionality and makes it easier to…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 1.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 27% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Sylpheed-Claws before 2.2.2 and Sylpheed before 2.2.6 allow remote attackers to bypass the URI check functionality and makes it easier to conduct phishing attacks via a URI that begins with a space character.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- ADV-2006-2283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20577 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- sylpheed-claws-utils-textview-security-bypass(27089) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=422662&group_id=25528 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2173 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20476 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sylpheed.good-day.net/en/news.html%5C (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-2917 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-2920)Record last updated .