CVE-2006-2405 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-2405

Directory traversal vulnerability in unb_lib/abbc.conf.php in Unclassified NewsBoard (UNB) 1.6.1...

Vulnerability Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in unb_lib/abbc.conf.php in Unclassified NewsBoard (UNB) 1.6.1 patch 1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and a trailing null byte (%00) in the ABBC[Config][smileset] parameter to unb_lib/abbc.css.php.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

unclassified newsboard

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Affected Software

unclassified newsboard
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.5.3, 1.5.3_patch3, 1.5.3a, 1.6.1

Timeline

Official Publish: May 16th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.