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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2006-4955 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the downloadfile servlet in Neon WebMail for Java before 5.08 allows remote attackers to read arbitrar…

published 2006-09-23 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4941

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.2%
EPSS 8.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the downloadfile servlet in Neon WebMail for Java before 5.08 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the (1) savefolder and (2) savefilename parameters.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-28605)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-28605 NeoSys Neon Webmail for Java 5.06/5.07 - 'downloadfile' Servlet Traversal Arbitrary File Access webapps, 2006-09-20
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20109 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • vuln.sg http://vuln.sg/neonmail506-en.html 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:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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