CVE-2006-5210

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-10-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in IronWebMail before 6.1.1 HotFix-17 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a GET request to the IM_FILE identifier with double-url-encoded "../" sequences ("%252e%252e/").

Affected products

Ciphertrust Ironmail: through 6.1.1; 4.1, 4.5.1, 5.0.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22406
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1726
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017069
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448779/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20436
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-010.txt
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4055
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29620
https://supportcenter.ciphertrust.com/vulnerability/IWM501-01.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22406
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1726
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017069

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