CVE-2006-5487

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Marshal MailMarshal SMTP 5.x, 6.x, and 2006, and MailMarshal for Exchange 5.x, allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via ".." sequences in filenames in an ARJ compressed archive.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.63% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory zerodayinitiative.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1857 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30188 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22806 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20999 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017209 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451143/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4457 vdb entry
http://www.marshal.com/kb/article.aspx?id=11450 patch
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-039.html patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5487?
CVE-2006-5487 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5487?
To fix CVE-2006-5487, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-5487 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-5487 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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