CVE-2006-5439

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in adminfoot.php in Comdev Misc Tools 4.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the path[docroot] parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2006-10-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5439 is rated Moderate Risk (54.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.41%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5439

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 0.75% 1.41% +0.65%
2 2025-06-08 0.62% 0.75% +0.13%
3 2025-03-30 0.62%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5439

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5439

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5439

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5439: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5439

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5439

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
comdev comdev_misc_tools 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:comdev:comdev_misc_tools:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5439

cvelogic Threat Intelligence