CVE-2006-3918 Details
http_protocol.c in (1) IBM HTTP Server 6.0 before 6.0.2.13 and 6.1 before 6.1.0.1, and (2) Apache HTTP Server 1.3 before 1.3.35, 2.0 before 2.0.58, and 2.2 before 2.2.2, does not sanitize the Expect header from an HTTP request when it is reflected back in an error message, which might allow cross-site scripting (XSS) style attacks using web client components that can send arbitrary headers in requests, as demonstrated using a Flash SWF file.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3918
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
94.28 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (100th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2006-3918
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
4.3 Medium
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CVE-2006-3918 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
US 15,765 33.22%
JP 5,594 11.79%
DE 4,465 9.41%
TW 3,064 6.46%
NL 2,049 4.32%
RU 1,759 3.71%
IT 1,510 3.18%
CA 1,148 2.42%
PL 932 1.96%
CN 928 1.96%

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CVE-2006-3918 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 20,019 62.09%
Telecommunications 10,413 32.30%
Real Estate 870 2.70%
Education 229 0.71%
Media/Entertainment 200 0.62%
Engineering 165 0.51%
Utilities 99 0.31%
Business Services 88 0.27%
Energy/Resources 67 0.21%
Government/Politics 34 0.11%

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