CVE-2006-1161

Exp

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.

Published: 2006-03-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-1161

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27378 exploit_db edb 2006-03-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1161

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1161

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1161

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1161

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
efs_software efs_web_server 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:efs_software:efs_web_server:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1161

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