CVE-2006-2770

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in randompic.php in pppBLOG 0.3.8 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in an index of the "file" array parameter, as demonstrated by file[0].

Affected products

Pppblog: through 0.3.8

References

http://retrogod.altervista.org/pppblog_038_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20375
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1015
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016198
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435406/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18189
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2085
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26969
http://retrogod.altervista.org/pppblog_038_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20375
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1015
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016198

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