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CVE-2006-6257

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6257 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier, specifically within its file manager. When PHP warnings are enabled, remote attackers can craft folder names (e.g., with JavaScript code) to trigger warning messages that reveal sensitive server path information. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity), indicating it can be exploited remotely with medium complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alternc:alternc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0156 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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/23144
securityreason.com / securityalert/1965
ground418.org / exploits/read.php
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/452988/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21355
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4851