CVE-2006-5210

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in IronWebMail before 6.1.1 HotFix-17 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a GET request to the IM_FILE identifier with double-url-encoded "../" sequences ("%252e%252e/").

Published: 2006-10-16 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5210 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.84%, 92th percentile). 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-2006-5210

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28778 exploit_db edb 2006-10-16 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5210

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 2026-02-27 9.31% 8.84% -0.47%
2 2025-06-04 8.98% 9.31% +0.33%
3 2025-03-30 — 8.98% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5210

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-2006-5210

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5210

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5210: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5210

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5210

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product update: CipherTrust, IronMail, 6.1.1 HotFix-17

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5210

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ciphertrust ironmail <= 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ciphertrust:ironmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ciphertrust ironmail 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:ciphertrust:ironmail:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ciphertrust ironmail 4.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ciphertrust:ironmail:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ciphertrust ironmail 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ciphertrust:ironmail:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5210

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