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CVE-2006-0971

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0971 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Lionel Reyero DirectContact 0.3b, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files by manipulating URLs with "../" sequences. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it requires no authentication and has low attack complexity, primarily impacting confidentiality. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lionel_reyero:directcontact:0.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27325 · Feb 27, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0473 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-February/042560.html
secunia.com / advisories/19053
securityreason.com / securityalert/506
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24930
www3.autistici.org / fdonato/advisory/DirectContact0.3b-adv.txt
osvdb.org / 23519
securityfocus.com / archive/1/426250/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427464/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16849
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0761