CVE-2006-6259
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (a) class/functions.php and (b) class/m_bro.php in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to (1) create arbitrary files and directories via a .. (dot dot) in the "create name" field and (2) read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "web root" field when configuring a subdomain.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6242)
- Published
- December 4, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6242 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- alternc / alternc
References
- http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1737(Patch)
- http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1738(Patch)
- http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1742(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23144
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1965
- http://www.ground418.org/exploits/read.php?file=06-alternC-095.txt(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452988/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21355(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4851
- https://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/milestone/0.9.6(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30626
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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