CVE-2006-6257

Exp

The file manager in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier, when warnings are enabled in PHP, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via certain folder names such as ones composed of JavaScript code, which reveal the path in a warning message.

Published: 2006-12-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6257 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.52%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-6257

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6257

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 1.76% 1.52% -0.25%
2 2025-12-28 1.44% 1.76% +0.32%
3 2025-09-14 — 1.44% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6257

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6257

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6257

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6257: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6257

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6257

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that warnings are enabled in PHP.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6257

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alternc alternc <= 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:alternc:alternc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6257

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