CVE-2006-4681

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Redirect.bat in IBM Director before 5.10 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the file parameter.

Published: 2006-09-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4681 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.58%). 4 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-2006-4681

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2320 exploit_db edb 2006-09-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4681

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 11.86% 3.58% -8.27%
2 2026-01-22 8.02% 11.86% +3.84%
3 2025-11-25 — 8.02% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4681

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-2006-4681

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-4681

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: IBM, Director, 5.10

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4681

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm director <= 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4681

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