CVE-2006-6898 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Widcomm Bluetooth for Windows (BTW) before 4.0.1.1500 allows remote attackers to listen to and record conversations, aka the CarWhisperer attack.

Published: 2007-01-08

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:widcomm_bluetooth:4.0.1.1500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6881	Widcomm Bluetooth for Windows (BTW) before 4.0.1.1500 allows remote attackers to listen to and record conversations, aka the CarWhisperer attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01336.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-mediawiki//images/f/fb/23c3_Bluetooh_revisited.pdf
http://osvdb.org/37589
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455889/100/0/threaded

History

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Subscriptions

Broadcom Widcomm Bluetooth

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-08T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:42:07.585Z

Reserved: 2007-01-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6898

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6898

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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