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CVE-2006-5487

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5487 describes a critical directory traversal vulnerability in Marshal MailMarshal SMTP (versions 5.x, 6.x, 2006) and MailMarshal for Exchange (version 5.x). This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to write arbitrary files to the system by embedding ".." sequences within filenames in ARJ compressed archives. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:marshal:mailmarshal_smtp:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:marshal:mailmarshal_smtp:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2006CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:marshal:mailmarshal_smtp:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0388 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/22806
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1857
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30188
marshal.com / kb/article.aspx
Patch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/451143/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20999
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4457
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-039.html
PatchVendor Advisory