CVE-2006-3534

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Nullsoft SHOUTcast DSP before 1.9.6 filters directory traversal sequences before decoding, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded dot dot (%2E%2E) sequences in an HTTP GET request for a file path containing "/content".

Published: 2006-07-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3534 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.25%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-3534

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3534

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 2025-08-05 1.02% 1.25% +0.23%
2 2025-03-30 1.15% 1.02% -0.13%
3 2025-03-29 1.15%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3534

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3534

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3534

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2006-3534: 1 GLSA(s) (200607-05), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/shoutcast-server-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-3534

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-3534

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product releases: Nullsoft, SHOUTcast DSP, 1.9.6 Nullsoft, SHOUTcast DSP, 1.9.7

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3534

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nullsoft shoutcast_server <= 1.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.7.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.8.3:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.8.9:*:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.8.9:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.8.9:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.8.9:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.8.9:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.9.2:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.9.4:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.9.4:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.9.4:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.9.5:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.9.5:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.9.5:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3534

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