CVE-2006-6899 EXPLOIT
5.4
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.3% (pctl 88)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.4 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.32% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-16 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| bluez project | bluez |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | BlueZ 1.x/2.x - HIDD Bluetooh HID Command Injection | 2007-11-16 |
References
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-mediawiki//images/f/fb/23c3_Bluetooh_revisited.pdf
- http://mulliner.org/bluetooth/hidattack.php
- http://osvdb.org/32830
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23879
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25264
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:014
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0065.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455889/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22076
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-413-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0200
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10208
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-mediawiki//images/f/fb/23c3_Bluetooh_revisited.pdf
- http://mulliner.org/bluetooth/hidattack.php
- http://osvdb.org/32830
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23879
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