CVE-2006-4955 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the downloadfile servlet in Neon WebMail for Java before 5.08 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the (1) savefolder and (2) savefilename parameters.

Published: 2006-09-23

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 7.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:neosys:neon_webmail:5.06::java:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:neosys:neon_webmail:5.07::java:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4941	Directory traversal vulnerability in the downloadfile servlet in Neon WebMail for Java before 5.08 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the (1) savefolder and (2) savefilename parameters.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07884.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/22029
http://vuln.sg/neonmail506-en.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20109
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84199
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29090

History

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Subscriptions

Neosys Neon Webmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-09-23T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:32:22.534Z

Reserved: 2006-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4955

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-23T10:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:30:11.703

Link: CVE-2006-4955

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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