CVE-2006-6865

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in SAFileUpSamples/util/viewsrc.asp in SoftArtisans FileUp (SAFileUp) 5.0.14 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %c0%ae. (Unicode dot dot) in the path parameter, which bypasses the checks for ".." sequences.

Published: 2006-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6865 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.87%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6865

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3046 exploit_db edb 2006-12-30 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6865

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 2025-09-23 5.75% 8.87% +3.11%
2 2025-08-23 5.54% 5.75% +0.21%
3 2025-05-27 5.54%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6865

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6865

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6865

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6865: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6865

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6865

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
softartisans fileup 5.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:softartisans:fileup:5.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6865

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