CVE-2006-1161

Published: Mar 12, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

NVD MITRE

6.5CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Easy File Sharing (EFS) Web Server 3.2 allows remote registered users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a malicious file to the Windows startup folder.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:SAuthentication

Single

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/a n/a

efs web server efs software

On-prem

Communications / messaging-chat

efs softwarecommercialCommunications

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39994

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

http://www.osvdb.org/23791

osvdb.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17046

securityfocus.com

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Timeline

Published

Mar 12, 2006

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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