CVE-2006-2917

Directory traversal vulnerability in the IMAP server in WinGate 6.1.2.1094 and 6.1.3.1096, and possibly other versions before 6.1.4 Build 1099, allows remote authenticated users to read email of other users, or perform unauthorized operations on directories, via the (1) CREATE, (2) SELECT, (3) DELETE, (4) RENAME, (5) COPY, (6) APPEND, and (7) LIST commands.

Published: 2006-07-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2917 is rated Moderate Risk (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.65%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2917

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 2025-03-30 1.81% 1.65% -0.15%
2 2025-03-29 1.66% 1.81% +0.15%
3 2025-03-17 1.66%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2917

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2917

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2917

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qbik wingate 6.1.2.1094 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.1.2.1094:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.1.3.1096 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.1.3.1096:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2917

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