CVE-2006-6899
hidd in BlueZ (bluez-utils) before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain control of the (1) Mouse and (2) Keyboard Human Interface Device…
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
hidd in BlueZ (bluez-utils) before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain control of the (1) Mouse and (2) Keyboard Human Interface Device (HID) via a certain configuration of two HID (PSM) endpoints, operating as a server, aka HidAttack.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- BlueZ 1.x/2.x - HIDD Bluetooh HID Command Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29471remote, linuxpublished 16 Nov 2007Verified
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Timeline
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By mitre
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 | Medium5.4 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-mediawiki//images/f/fb/23c3_Bluetooh_revisited.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32830 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0065 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20070104 23C3 - Bluetooth hacking revisted [Summary and Code] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0200 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23798 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22076 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10208 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://mulliner.org/bluetooth/hidattack.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23879 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-413-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 25264 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23747 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2006-6882 (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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