CVE-2006-3360

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in phpSysInfo 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence and a trailing null (%00) byte in the lng parameter, which will display a different error message if the file exists.

Published: 2006-07-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3360 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.37%, 92th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-3360

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3360

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 7.87% 5.37% -2.50%
2 2026-04-04 5.95% 7.87% +1.92%
3 2026-04-02 — 5.95% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3360

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:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3360

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2006-3360

GHSA-2wxv-3g4v-p76p · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — phpSysInfo allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3360

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2006-3360 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpsysinfo), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3360
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-3360 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpsysinfo), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): ignored 7, not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3360

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3360

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpsysinfo phpsysinfo <= 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpsysinfo:phpsysinfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3360

URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-07/0065.html Broken Link Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-07/0066.html Broken Link Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/20939 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016440 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/27015 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18868 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2668 Broken Link Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27527 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2wxv-3g4v-p76p Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo/issues/368#issuecomment-1380842745 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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