CVE-2006-5210 - Directory traversal vulnerability in IronWebMail before 6.1.1 HotFix-17 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a GET request to the IM_FILE identifier with double-url-encoded "../" sequences ("%252e%252e/")

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Directory traversal vulnerability in IronWebMail before 6.1.1 HotFix-17 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a GET request to the IM_FILE identifier with double-url-encoded "../" sequences ("%252e%252e/")

Published Oct 16, 2006

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.28%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in IronWebMail before 6.1.1 HotFix-17 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a GET request to the IM_FILE identifier with double-url-encoded "../" sequences ("%252e%252e/").

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (9)

http://secunia.com/advisories/22406
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1726
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017069
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448779/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20436
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-010.txt
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4055
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29620
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://supportcenter.ciphertrust.com/vulnerability/IWM501-01.html
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/22406		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1726		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017069		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448779/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20436		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-010.txt		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4055		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29620		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://supportcenter.ciphertrust.com/vulnerability/IWM501-01.html		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 16, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Oct 9, 2006

Link CVE-2006-5210

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-5210

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-5210