CVE-2006-5725

Exp

The SSL server in AEP Smartgate 4.3b allows remote attackers to determine existence of directories via a direct request for a directory URI, which returns different HTTP status codes for existing and non-existing directories.

Published: 2006-11-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5725 is rated Exploit Available (59.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.75%). 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-2006-5725

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-2006-5725

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 7.42% 2.75% -4.67%
2 2026-04-26 6.84% 7.42% +0.59%
3 2026-03-17 — 6.84% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5725

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-2006-5725

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5725

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5725: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5725

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5725

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-2006-5725

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