CVE-2006-4140

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in IPCheck Server Monitor before 5.3.3.639/640 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via modified .. (dot dot) sequences in the URL, including (1) "..%2f" (encoded "/" slash), "..../" (multiple dot), and "..%255c../" (double-encoded "\" backslash).

Affected products

Ipcheck Server Monitor: 4.3.1.368, 4.3.1.382, 4.4.1.521, 4.4.1.522, 5.0.1.272, 5.0.1.299 (+29)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21468
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1389
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016676
http://www.paessler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4047&sid=f8c0f03a69d9498338797c6ea3cc6733
http://www.paessler.com/ipcheck/history
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442822/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444227/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19473
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3259
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28341
http://secunia.com/advisories/21468
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1389

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