THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-3573
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-3573

Sparklet vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.7%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Format string vulnerability in the WriteText function in agl_text.cpp in Milan Mimica Sparklet 0.9.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a player nickname.
Affected vendor
Milan Mimica
Affected product
Sparklet
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-134 — Uncontrolled Format String
Published
2006-07-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-3573

  • Confirm whether Milan Mimica Sparklet is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-3573.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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