CVE-2006-6259

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30626

https://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/milestone/0.9.6

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4851

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452988/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1965

http://secunia.com/advisories/23144

http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1742

http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1738

http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1737

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02297