CVE-2006-1654
Directory traversal vulnerability in the HP Color LaserJet 2500 Toolbox and Color LaserJet 4600 Toolbox on Microsoft Windows before…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 4.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the HP Color LaserJet 2500 Toolbox and Color LaserJet 4600 Toolbox on Microsoft Windows before 20060402 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an HTTP GET request to TCP port 5225.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- HP Color LaserJet 2500/4600 Toolbox - Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27565remote, windowspublished 3 Apr 2006Verified
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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- 20060404 [SEC-1 LTD] HP Colour LaserJet 2500 and 4600 Toolbox Directory Traversal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 24396 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 17367 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060404 [SEC-1 LTD] HP Colour LaserJet 2500 and 4600 Toolbox Directory Traversal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- hp-laserjet-toolbox-directory-traversal(25627) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19529 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1015862 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- HPSBPI2109 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1230 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1655 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-1654)Record last updated .