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CVE-2006-5596

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.98% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-10-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2006-5596
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.98%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the SSL server in AEP Smartgate 4.3b allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequences in an HTTP GET request.