CVE-2006-6598

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in viewnfo.php in (1) TorrentFlux before 2.2 and (2) torrentflux-b4rt before 2.1-b4rt-972 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the path parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-6328.

Published: 2006-12-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6598 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.77%, 90th percentile). 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-2006-6598

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2902 exploit_db edb 2006-12-09 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6598

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 2026-04-27 6.22% 5.77% -0.45%
2 2025-09-18 3.37% 6.22% +2.85%
3 2025-08-03 — 3.37% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6598

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6598

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6598

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6598: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6598
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-6598 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (torrentflux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-6598

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6598

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
torrentflux torrentflux <= 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt <= 2.1_b4rt971 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt3 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt4 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt5 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt6 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt7 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt8 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt9 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt61 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt81 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt82 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt83 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt84 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt84:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt85 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt91 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt92 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt93 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt94 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt95 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt96 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt97 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt801 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt801:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt802 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt802:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt951 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt951:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt952 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt952:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torrentflux torrentflux-b4rt 2.1_b4rt953 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux-b4rt:2.1_b4rt953:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6598

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