CVE-2006-6104

Exp

The System.Web class in the XSP for ASP.NET server 1.1 through 2.0 in Mono does not properly verify local pathnames, which allows remote attackers to (1) read source code by appending a space (%20) to a URI, and (2) read credentials via a request for Web.Config%20.

Published: 2006-12-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6104 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.02%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6104

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29302 exploit_db edb 2006-12-20 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6104

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 2026-05-03 15.91% 15.02% -0.89%
2 2026-04-02 17.55% 15.91% -1.64%
3 2025-11-23 17.55%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6104

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-2006-6104

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6104

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6104: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6104
debian low CVE-2006-6104 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mono), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6104
gentoo low CVE-2006-6104: 1 GLSA(s) (200701-12), 1 atom(s) (dev-lang/mono); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-6104
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-6104 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mono), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-6104

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6104

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mono xsp 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mono:xsp:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono xsp 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mono:xsp:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mono xsp 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mono:xsp:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6104

URL Tags
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2400
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2401
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23432 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23435 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23462 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23597
http://secunia.com/advisories/23727
http://secunia.com/advisories/23776
http://secunia.com/advisories/23779
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-12.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2082
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017430
http://www.eazel.es/advisory007-mono-xsp-source-disclosure-vulnerability.html Exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:234 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454962/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21687 Exploit Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-397-1 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5099
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2092
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