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CVE-2006-4684

Published: Sep 19, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSANVD-CWE-Other

No Known Exploits

Patch Available

Description

The docutils module in Zope (Zope2) 2.7.0 through 2.7.9 and 2.8.0 through 2.8.8 does not properly handle web pages with reStructuredText (reST) markup, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a csv_table directive, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3458.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

On-prem

OSS Libraries / web-framework

zope2 PyPI OSS Libraries

zopeoss-projectOSS Librariesaka zodb, accesscontrol, zope

pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2006-August/002005.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/21947

http://secunia.com/advisories/21953

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Timeline

Published

Sep 19, 2006

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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