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CVE-2006-4290

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4290 describes a directory traversal vulnerability impacting Sony VAIO Media Server versions 2.x through 5.x prior to the 20060626 update. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access sensitive information on affected systems. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and requires no authentication or complex attack vectors for exploitation, though it only impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:sony:vaio_media_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:sony:vaio_media_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:sony:vaio_media_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:sony:vaio_media_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0178 is in the 62nd 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

kb.sony-europe.com / kb/solutions/en/V00000_V00499/v00246.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/21512
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28424
pentest.co.uk / documents/ptl-2006-02.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/19560
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3287