Argument injection vulnerability in WinSCP 3.8.1 build 328 allows remote attackers to upload or download arbitrary files via encoded spaces and double-quote characters in a scp or sftp URI.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3015 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.33%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28007 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-06-12 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | 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 | 17.57% | 6.33% | -11.23% |
| 2 | 2026-01-02 | 9.00% | 17.57% | +8.57% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 9.00% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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4.9 | 9.2 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2006-3015: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-3015 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-06/0196.html | Broken Link |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/046810.html | Broken Link Exploit |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20575 | Broken Link Vendor Advisory |
| http://winscp.net/eng/docs/history#3.8.2 | Release Notes |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912588 | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18384 | Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2289 | Broken Link |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27075 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |