CVE-2006-1611

Directory traversal vulnerability in KGB Archiver before 1.1.5.22 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files wile decompressing an archive, possibly due to directory traversal sequences in a filename.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1611 is rated Moderate Risk (45.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.60%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1611

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 1.36% 1.60% +0.24%
2 2025-04-28 1.31% 1.36% +0.05%
3 2025-03-30 1.31%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1611

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1611

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1611

Solution: This vulnerability affects all versions of KGB, Archiver before 1.1.5.22

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1611

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kgb archiver cpe:2.3:a:kgb:archiver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1611

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