CVE-2006-4432

Directory traversal vulnerability in Zend Platform 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the final component of the PHP session identifier (PHPSESSID). NOTE: in some cases, this issue can be leveraged to perform direct static code injection.

Published: 2006-08-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4432 is rated Moderate Risk (57.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.36%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4432

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 2025-04-17 1.31% 1.36% +0.05%
2 2025-03-30 1.36% 1.31% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 1.36%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4432

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4432

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4432

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zend zend_platform <= 2.2.1a cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_platform:*:a:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4432

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