CVE-2006-2021

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-04-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in recordings/misc/audio.php in the Asterisk Recording Interface (ARI) web interface in Asterisk@Home before 2.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary MP3, WAV, and GSM files via a full pathname in the recording parameter. NOTE: this issue can also be used to determine existence of files.

Affected products

Asteriskathome: through 2.6

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19744
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/750
http://www.osvdb.org/24806
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431655/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17641
http://www.securiweb.net/wiki/Ressources/AvisDeSecurite/2006.1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1457
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25996
http://secunia.com/advisories/19744
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/750
http://www.osvdb.org/24806
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431655/100/0/threaded

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