Webmin before 1.290 and Usermin before 1.220 calls the simplify_path function before decoding HTML, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, as demonstrated using "..%01" sequences, which bypass the removal of "../" sequences before bytes such as "%01" are removed from the filename. NOTE: This is a different issue than CVE-2006-3274.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3392 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.48%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +10.17% 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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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-07-15 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 1997 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-07-09 | 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 | 2026-06-03 | 76.30% | 86.48% | +10.17% |
| 2 | 2026-05-25 | 78.60% | 76.30% | -2.30% |
| 3 | 2026-03-08 | — | 78.60% | — |
Full EPSS history (38 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2006-3392: 1 GLSA(s) (200608-11), 2 atom(s) (app-admin/usermin, app-admin/webmin); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-3392 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2006-3392 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (webmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3392 |