CVE-2006-6284

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin.php in Vikingboard 0.1.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the act parameter.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6284 is rated High Exploit Risk (82/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.21%). Core evidence: 1 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-2006-6284

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29128 exploit_db edb 2006-11-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6284

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 2025-07-23 4.05% 4.21% +0.16%
2 2025-03-30 9.75% 4.05% -5.69%
3 2025-03-29 9.75%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6284

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6284

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6284

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6284: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6284

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6284

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vikingboard vikingboard 0.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:vikingboard:vikingboard:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6284

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