CVE-2006-4955

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the downloadfile servlet in Neon WebMail for Java before 5.08 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the (1) savefolder and (2) savefilename parameters.

Published: 2006-09-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4955 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.61%, 93th percentile). 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-2006-4955

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28605 exploit_db edb 2006-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4955

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 2026-02-20 9.66% 9.61% -0.05%
2 2025-06-10 8.48% 9.66% +1.19%
3 2025-05-12 8.48%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4955

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-2006-4955

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4955

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
neosys neon_webmail 5.06 cpe:2.3:a:neosys:neon_webmail:5.06:*:java:*:*:*:*:*
neosys neon_webmail 5.07 cpe:2.3:a:neosys:neon_webmail:5.07:*:java:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4955

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