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medium 5.0

CVE-2006-0817 json

Absolute path directory traversal vulnerability in (a) MERAK Mail Server for Windows 8.3.8r with before IceWarp Web Mail 5.6.1 and (b) VisN…

published 2006-07-18 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0823

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.7%
EPSS 5.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Absolute path directory traversal vulnerability in (a) MERAK Mail Server for Windows 8.3.8r with before IceWarp Web Mail 5.6.1 and (b) VisNetic MailServer before 8.5.0.5 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via a full Windows path and drive letter in the (1) language parameter in accounts/inc/include.php and (2) lang_settings parameter in admin/inc/include.php, which is not properly sanitized by the securepath function, a related issue to CVE-2005-4556.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

5.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19002 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/18966 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/18953 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-12/advisory/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-14/advisory/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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