Verity · Verity Ultraseek · CVE-2006-5970
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Verity Ultraseek versions prior to 5.7
**Description**
The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests to various pages, including help/urlstatusgo.html with a null terminated url parameter, or missing parameters to multiple other pages. These requests can leak the installation path in the resulting error message. The affected pages include help/header.html, help/footer.html, spell.html, coreforma.html, daterange.html, hits.html, hitsnavbottom.html, indexform.html, indexforma.html, languages.html, nohits.html, onehit1.html, onehit2.html, query.html, queryform0.html, queryform0a.html, queryform1.html, queryform1a.html, queryform2.html, queryform2a.html, quicklinks.html, relatedtopics.html, signin.html, subtopics.html, thesaurus.html, topics.html, hitspagebar.html, highlight/highlight.html, highlight/highlight one.html, and highlight/topnav.html.
**Recommendations**
For versions prior to 5.7, update to version 5.7 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the affected pages until a patch is available. Avoid making direct requests to these pages with missing or null terminated parameters to minimize the risk of exploitation.