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CVE-2006-5050

• 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: 2006-09-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in httpd in Rob Landley BusyBox allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via URL-encoded "%2e%2e/" sequences in the URI.

Affected products

• Rob Landley Busybox: 1.01

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1636
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016875
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446228/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20067
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1636
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016875
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446228/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20067

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