CVE-2006-6897

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2006-6897 · Published 31/12/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-6897 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting bluetooth for windows (widcomm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.73%, higher than 54.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
bluetooth for windows widcomm	`= 3.0.1.905`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Widcomm Bluetooth for Windows (BTW) 3.0.1.905 allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized file operations via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified parameter.

References

events.ccc.de/congress/2006-mediawiki//images/f/fb/23c3_Bluetooh_revisited.pdf
osvdb.org/37590
securityfocus.com/archive/1/455889/100/0/threaded

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