CVE-2006-4962

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in pbd_engine.php in Php Blue Dragon 2.9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence via the phpExt parameter, as demonstrated by executing PHP code in a log file.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4962 is rated High Exploit Risk (79/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 21.32%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +10.57% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2006-4962

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4277 exploit_db edb 2007-08-10 Exploit-DB ↗
2402 exploit_db edb 2006-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4962

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 2025-08-30 10.74% 21.32% +10.57%
2 2025-07-04 11.04% 10.74% -0.30%
3 2025-05-12 11.04%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4962

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4962

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4962

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
blue_dragon php_blue_dragon platinum_2.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:blue_dragon:php_blue_dragon:platinum_2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
blue_dragon php_blue_dragon platinum_2.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:blue_dragon:php_blue_dragon:platinum_2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4962

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