CVE-2006-4958
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sun Secure Global Desktop (SSGD, aka Tarantella) before 4.20.983 allows remote…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sun Secure Global Desktop (SSGD, aka Tarantella) before 4.20.983 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML 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.
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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- 1016900 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- sun-ssgd-unspecified-xss(29070) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22037 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060921 [scip_Advisory 2555] Sun Secure Global Desktop prior 4.3 multiple remote vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20276 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- sun-ssgd-xss(29303) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.scip.ch/cgi-bin/smss/showadvf.pl?id=2555 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-235.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 102650 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 1623 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3739 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20135 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2006-4944 (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-2006-4958)Record last updated .