MEDIUM
Webmin before 1.290 and Usermin before 1.220 calls the simplify_path function before decoding HTML, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, as demonstrated using "..%01" sequences, which bypass the removal of "../" sequences before bytes such as "%01" are removed from the filename
Published Jul 6, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 78.14%
Description
Webmin before 1.290 and Usermin before 1.220 calls the simplify_path function before decoding HTML, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, as demonstrated using "..%01" sequences, which bypass the removal of "../" sequences before bytes such as "%01" are removed from the filename. NOTE: This is a different issue than CVE-2006-3274.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
78.14% 0.78139
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.78139
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (36 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 78.14% (0.78139) | 99.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 77.81% (0.77805) | 99.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 86.48% (0.86476) | 99.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 25, 2026 | 76.30% (0.76302) | 98.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 8, 2026 | 78.60% (0.78604) | 99.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 7, 2026 | 76.22% (0.76220) | 98.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 78.52% (0.78522) | 99.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 1, 2026 | 79.81% (0.79813) | 99.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 81.04% (0.81039) | 99.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 82.38% (0.82384) | 99.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 20, 2026 | 79.50% (0.79497) | 99.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 18, 2026 | 78.35% (0.78348) | 98.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 79.50% (0.79497) | 99.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 78.35% (0.78348) | 98.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 80.16% (0.80155) | 99.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 6, 2025 | 78.92% (0.78919) | 99.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 22, 2025 | 71.89% (0.71893) | 98.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 19, 2025 | 67.14% (0.67141) | 98.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 71.90% (0.71903) | 98.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 74.08% (0.74080) | 98.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 71.90% (0.71903) | 98.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 26, 2025 | 74.03% (0.74029) | 98.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 72.44% (0.72442) | 98.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 95.33% (0.95327) | 99.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 26, 2024 | 95.33% (0.95325) | 99.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 16, 2024 | 95.55% (0.95550) | 99.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 29, 2023 | 94.70% (0.94703) | 99.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 10, 2023 | 94.40% (0.94399) | 98.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 94.86% (0.94856) | 98.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 94.18% (0.94182) | 98.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 17, 2023 | 95.09% (0.95087) | 98.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2023 | 95.80% (0.95803) | 99.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 96.24% (0.96239) | 99.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.41% (0.96407) | 99.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 82.19% (0.82188) | 99.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 82.19% (0.82188) | 99.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-July/000923.html mailing-listx_refsource_VIM
- http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-June/000912.html mailing-listx_refsource_VIM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20892 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21105 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21365 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22556 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/999601 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:125 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.osvdb.org/26772 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439653/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440125/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440466/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440493/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18744 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2612 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.webmin.com/changes.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 6, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 6, 2006
Link CVE-2006-3392
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a