CVE-2006-2020

Exp

Asterisk Recording Interface (ARI) in Asterisk@Home before 2.8 stores recordings/includes/main.conf under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain password information.

Published: 2006-04-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2020 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.87%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.05% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2020

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27716 exploit_db edb 2006-04-21 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2020

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 2025-05-18 7.82% 10.87% +3.05%
2 2025-03-30 6.93% 7.82% +0.89%
3 2025-03-29 6.93%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2020

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2020

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-2020

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product releases: Littlejohn Consulting, Asterisk Recording Interface, 0.10.00 and higher

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2020

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
asteriskathome asteriskathome <= 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:asteriskathome:asteriskathome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2020

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