CVE-2006-5596

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SSL server in AEP Smartgate 4.3b allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequences in an HTTP GET request.

Published: 2006-10-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5596 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.92%, 95th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.07% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5596

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2637 exploit_db edb 2006-10-24 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5596

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 2026-04-26 9.85% 14.92% +5.07%
2 2025-09-10 9.01% 9.85% +0.85%
3 2025-06-16 — 9.01% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5596

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-2006-5596

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5596

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5596: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5596

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5596

Solution: Update to version 4.3C or later.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5596

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aep_networks smartgate_ssl_server 4.3b cpe:2.3:a:aep_networks:smartgate_ssl_server:4.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5596

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