CVE-2006-4169

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-07-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the G/PGP (GPG) Plugin 2.0, and 2.1dev before 20070614, for Squirrelmail allow remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the help parameter to (1) gpg_help.php or (2) gpg_help_base.php.

Affected products

SquirrelMail Gpg Plugin: 2.0, 2.1_dev

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=555
http://osvdb.org/37932
http://osvdb.org/37933
http://secunia.com/advisories/26035
http://secunia.com/advisories/26424
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-08.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24874
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2513
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35362
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=555
http://osvdb.org/37932
http://osvdb.org/37933

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