CVE-2006-6277

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/FileServer.php in ContentServ 4.x allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the src parameter, a different vector than CVE-2005-3086.

Published: 2006-12-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6277 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.41%). Core evidence: 2 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-2006-6277

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2878 exploit_db edb 2006-12-01 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6277

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 2026-07-02 3.31% 3.41% +0.10%
2 2026-06-15 4.66% 3.31% -1.35%
3 2025-07-23 4.66%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6277

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-2006-6277

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6277

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6277: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6277

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6277

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
contentserv contentserv 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:contentserv:contentserv:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
contentserv contentserv 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:contentserv:contentserv:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6277

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