CVE-2006-6259

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-12-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (a) class/functions.php and (b) class/m_bro.php in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to (1) create arbitrary files and directories via a .. (dot dot) in the "create name" field and (2) read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "web root" field when configuring a subdomain.

Affected products

Alternc: through 0.9.5

References

http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1737
http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1738
http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1742
http://secunia.com/advisories/23144
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1965
http://www.ground418.org/exploits/read.php?file=06-alternC-095.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452988/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21355
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4851
https://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/milestone/0.9.6
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30626
http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1737

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