$ cve CVE-2006-3747 JSON

CVE-2006-3747 EXPLOIT

7.6

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 96.6% (pctl 100)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Off-by-one error in the ldap scheme handling in the Rewrite module (mod_rewrite) in Apache 1.3 from 1.3.28, 2.0.46 and other versions before 2.0.59, and 2.2, when RewriteEngine is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted URLs that are not properly handled using certain rewrite rules.

Scoring

CVSS	7.6 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	96.58% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-189
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2006-07-28
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (3)

Vendor	Product
apache	http server
canonical	ubuntu linux
debian	debian linux

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Apache mod_rewrite - LDAP protocol Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)	2010-02-15
exploit-db	Apache 2.0.58 mod_rewrite (Windows 2003) - Remote Overflow	2007-05-26
exploit-db	Apache mod_rewrite (Windows x86) - Off-by-One Remote Overflow	2007-04-07
exploit-db	Apache < 1.3.37/2.0.59/2.2.3 mod_rewrite - Remote Overflow	2006-08-21

References

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