CVE-2006-3426

Directory traversal vulnerability in (a) PatchLink Update Server (PLUS) before 6.1 P1 and 6.2.x before 6.2 SR1 P1 and (b) Novell ZENworks 6.2 SR1 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and directories via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the (1) action, (2) agentid, or (3) index parameters to dagent/nwupload.asp, which are used as pathname components.

Published: 2006-07-07 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3426 is rated Moderate Risk (47.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.99%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3426

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 2.79% 1.99% -0.81%
2 2025-03-29 1.99% 2.79% +0.81%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.99% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3426

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-2006-3426

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3426

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lumension patchlink_update_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:lumension:patchlink_update_server:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lumension patchlink_update_server 6.2.0.181 cpe:2.3:a:lumension:patchlink_update_server:6.2.0.181:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lumension patchlink_update_server 6.2.0.189 cpe:2.3:a:lumension:patchlink_update_server:6.2.0.189:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell zenworks <= 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks:*:sr1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3426

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