Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Easy File Sharing (EFS) Web Server 3.2 allows remote registered users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a malicious file to the Windows startup folder.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1161 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.78%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27378 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-03-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 3.82% | 2.78% | -1.04% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 6.08% | 3.82% | -2.26% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 6.08% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| efs_software | efs_web_server | 3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:efs_software:efs_web_server:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |