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CVE-2006-4140

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4140 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in IPCheck Server Monitor versions prior to 5.3.3.639/640. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the affected system by manipulating URL paths with encoded or multiple dot-dot sequences. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.3.1.368CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipcheck:server_monitor:4.3.1.368:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.3.1.382CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipcheck:server_monitor:4.3.1.382:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.1.521CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipcheck:server_monitor:4.4.1.521:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.1.522CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipcheck:server_monitor:4.4.1.522:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1.272CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipcheck:server_monitor:5.0.1.272:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28374 · Aug 10, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0430 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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

secunia.com / advisories/21468
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1389
securitytracker.com / id
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28341
paessler.com / forum/viewtopic.php
paessler.com / ipcheck/history
securityfocus.com / archive/1/442822/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/444227/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/19473
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3259