CVE-2006-4579

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in users.php in The Address Book 1.04e allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter.

Published: 2006-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4579 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.70%). 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-2006-4579

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4579

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 0.86% 1.70% +0.84%
2 2026-01-27 0.70% 0.86% +0.16%
3 2025-08-22 — 0.70% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4579

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-2006-4579

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-4579

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-4579: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-4579

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4579

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
the_address_book the_address_book 1.04e cpe:2.3:a:the_address_book:the_address_book:1.04e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4579

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