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CVE-2006-0869

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0869 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the "remember me" feature of PEAR LiveUser versions 0.16.8 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to determine file existence, and potentially delete or read arbitrary files, by manipulating the store_id value in a cookie with ".." sequences. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, impacting confidentiality and integrity. While not listed on KEV or having active Metasploit/Nuclei exploits, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-43834) confirms the availability of exploit code, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear_liveuser:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear_liveuser:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear_liveuser:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear_liveuser:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear_liveuser:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43834 · Feb 21, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0392 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

pear.php.net / package/LiveUser/download
Patch
securityreason.com / securityalert/466
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24852
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24853
gulftech.org
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/425711/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16761
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0697