CVE-2006-1952 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in WinAgents TFTP Server for Windows 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via "..." (triple dot) sequences in a GET request.

Published: 2006-04-24

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:winagents:tftp_server:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-1952	Directory traversal vulnerability in WinAgents TFTP Server for Windows 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via "..." (triple dot) sequences in a GET request.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01512.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/19844
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0020.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17718
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1562
http://www.winagents.com/en/news/410.php
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25971

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01786}`	epss `{'score': 0.01322}`

Subscriptions

Winagents Tftp Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-24T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:35:30.178Z

Reserved: 2006-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-1952

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-04-24T23:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-1952

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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