CVE-2006-5609

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in dir.php in TorrentFlux 2.1 allows remote attackers to list arbitrary directories via "\.\./" sequences in the dir parameter.

Published: 2006-10-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5609 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.03%). 1 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-2006-5609

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28867 exploit_db edb 2006-10-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5609

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 2025-06-18 3.33% 4.03% +0.69%
2 2025-03-30 4.76% 3.33% -1.43%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.76% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5609

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-2006-5609

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5609

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5609: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5609
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-5609 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (torrentflux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-5609

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5609

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
torrentflux torrentflux 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5609

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