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CVE-2006-0818

Published: Jul 18, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
4.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.1%
Top 21.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
5 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Absolute path directory traversal vulnerability in (1) MERAK Mail Server for Windows 8.3.8r with before IceWarp Web Mail 5.6.1 and (2) VisNetic MailServer before 8.5.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to include arbitrary files via a modified language parameter and a full Windows or UNC pathname in the lang_settings parameter to mail/index.html, which is not properly sanitized by the validatefolder PHP function, possibly due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4558.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:SC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

visnetic mail serverdeerfield
On-prem
Communications / email-server-client
web mailicewarp
On-premWeb App
Communications / email-server-client
mail servermerak
On-prem
Communications / email-server-client
n/an/a
deerfieldCommunicationsaka visnetic mail server, visnetic website, mdaemon
icewarpcommercialCommunicationsaka icewarp web mail, icewarp mail server
merakcommercialCommunications

Exploitability

5 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18953
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/18966
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-12/advisory/
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Timeline

Published
Jul 18, 2006
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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