CVE-2006-5963 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in PentaZip 8.5.1.190 and PentaSuite-PRO 8.5.1.221 allows user-assisted remote attackers to extract files to arbitrary pathnames via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a filename.

Published: 2007-01-19

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.2% 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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:pentaware:pentasuite-pro:8.5.1.221:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pentaware:pentazip:8.5.1.190:::::::*

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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-2006-5946	Directory traversal vulnerability in PentaZip 8.5.1.190 and PentaSuite-PRO 8.5.1.221 allows user-assisted remote attackers to extract files to arbitrary pathnames via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a filename.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02153.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/32864
http://secunia.com/advisories/21458
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-72/advisory/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22104
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0235
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31581

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01477}`	epss `{'score': 0.01993}`

Subscriptions

Pentaware Pentasuite-pro Pentazip

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: flexera

Published: 2007-01-19T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:12:31.155Z

Reserved: 2006-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5963

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-01-19T01:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5963

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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